Genesis 9 | New International Version

New International Version

God’s covenant with Noah

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. 4 ‘But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being. 6 ‘Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind. 7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.’ 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 ‘I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you – the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.’ 12 And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’ 17 So God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.’

The sons of Noah

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth. 20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded^[1] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backwards and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.’ 26 He also said, ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend Japheth’s^[2] territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’ 28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

King James Version

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man' brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man' blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father' nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

Elberfelder Bibel

from SCM Verlag

Gottes Bund mit Noah

1 Und Gott segnete Noah und seine Söhne und sprach zu ihnen: Seid fruchtbar und vermehrt euch und füllt die Erde! (Ge 1:28) 2 Und Furcht und Schrecken vor euch sei auf allen Tieren der Erde und auf allen Vögeln des Himmels! Mit allem, was sich auf dem Erdboden regt, mit allen Fischen des Meeres sind sie in eure Hände gegeben. (Ge 1:26) 3 Alles, was sich regt^[1], was da lebt, soll euch zur Speise sein; wie das grüne Kraut – ⟨hiermit⟩ gebe ich es euch alles. (Ge 1:29; 1Ti 4:3) 4 Nur Fleisch mit seiner Seele^[2], seinem Blut, sollt ihr nicht essen! (Le 3:17; 1Sa 14:33; Eze 33:25; Ac 15:20)

Le 3:171Sa 14:33Eze 33:25Ac 15:20

5 Jedoch euer eigenes Blut^[3] werde ich einfordern; von jedem Tiere^[4] werde ich es einfordern, und von der Hand des Menschen, von der Hand eines jeden, ⟨nämlich⟩ seines Bruders, werde ich die Seele^[5] des Menschen einfordern. (Ge 42:22; Ex 21:12; Le 24:17; Nu 35:16; De 19:11; 2Sa 4:11; 1Ki 2:6; 2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 33:24; Mt 26:52)

Ge 42:22Ex 21:12Le 24:17Nu 35:16De 19:112Sa 4:111Ki 2:62Ki 11:12Ch 33:24Mt 26:52

6 Wer Menschenblut vergießt, dessen Blut soll durch Menschen vergossen werden; denn nach dem Bilde Gottes hat er den Menschen gemacht. (Ge 1:27; Ge 42:22; Ex 21:12; Le 24:17; Nu 35:16; De 19:11; 2Sa 4:11; 1Ki 2:6; 2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 33:24; Mt 26:52)

Ge 1:27Ge 42:22Ex 21:12Le 24:17Nu 35:16De 19:112Sa 4:111Ki 2:62Ki 11:12Ch 33:24Mt 26:52

7 Ihr nun, seid fruchtbar, und vermehrt euch, wimmelt auf der Erde, und vermehrt euch auf ihr! 8 Und Gott sprach zu Noah und zu seinen Söhnen mit ihm: 9 Und ich, siehe, ich richte meinen Bund mit euch auf und mit euren Nachkommen nach euch (Ge 6:18) 10 und mit jedem lebenden Wesen, das^[6] bei euch ist, an Vögeln, an Vieh und an allen Tieren der Erde bei euch, von allem, was aus der Arche gegangen ist, von allen Tieren der Erde. (Ge 8:19; Ho 2:20) 11 Ich richte meinen Bund mit euch auf, dass nie mehr alles Fleisch ausgerottet werden soll durch das Wasser der Flut, und nie mehr soll es eine Flut geben, die Erde zu vernichten. (Ge 8:21) 12 Und Gott sprach: Dies ist das Zeichen des Bundes, den ich stifte zwischen mir und euch und jedem lebenden Wesen, das^[7] bei euch ist, auf ewige Generationen hin: 13 Meinen Bogen setze ich in die Wolken, und er sei das Zeichen des Bundes zwischen mir und der Erde. (Eze 1:28) 14 Und es wird geschehen, wenn ich Wolken über die Erde aufwölke und der Bogen in den Wolken erscheint, 15 dann werde ich an meinen Bund denken, der zwischen mir und euch und jedem lebenden Wesen^[8] unter allem Fleisch ⟨besteht⟩; und nie mehr soll das Wasser zu einer Flut werden, alles Fleisch zu vernichten. (Ge 8:21) 16 Wenn der Bogen in den Wolken steht, werde ich ihn ansehen, um an den ewigen Bund zu denken zwischen Gott und jedem lebenden Wesen^[9] unter allem Fleisch, das auf Erden ist. (Ge 17:7; 2Sa 23:5; Eze 37:26) 17 Und Gott sprach zu Noah: Das ist das Zeichen des Bundes, den ich aufgerichtet habe zwischen mir und allem Fleisch, das auf Erden ist.

Noahs Fluch und Segen

18 Und die Söhne Noahs, die aus der Arche gingen, waren Sem und Ham und Jafet. Und Ham, das ist der Vater Kanaans. (Ge 5:32; Ge 10:6) 19 Diese drei sind die Söhne Noahs, und von ihnen ist die ganze Erde bevölkert worden^[10]. (Ge 10:1; Ac 17:26) 20 Und Noah, ein Landmann, begann auch, Weinberge zu pflanzen^[11]. (Ge 4:2) 21 Und er trank von dem Wein und wurde betrunken und lag entblößt im Innern seines Zeltes. (Pr 20:1; Eph 5:18) 22 Und Ham, der Vater Kanaans, sah die Blöße seines Vaters und berichtete es seinen beiden Brüdern draußen. 23 Da nahmen Sem und Jafet das Obergewand und legten es beide auf ihre Schultern und gingen ⟨damit⟩ rückwärts und bedeckten so die Blöße ihres Vaters; ihre Gesichter aber ⟨hielten sie⟩ so rückwärts⟨gewandt⟩, dass sie die Blöße ihres Vaters nicht sahen. 24 Und Noah erwachte von seinem Wein⟨rausch⟩ und erkannte, was sein jüngster Sohn ihm angetan hatte. 25 Und er sprach: Verflucht sei Kanaan! Ein Knecht der Knechte sei er seinen Brüdern! 26 Und er sprach: Gepriesen^[12] sei der HERR, der Gott Sems; und Kanaan sei sein Knecht! (Jos 9:23; Jud 1:28) 27 Weiten Raum schaffe Gott dem Jafet^[13], und er wohne in den Zelten Sems; und Kanaan sei sein Knecht! 28 Und Noah lebte nach der Flut ⟨noch⟩ 350 Jahre; 29 und alle Tage Noahs betrugen 950 Jahre, dann starb er. (1Ch 1:4)