Genesis 9
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So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: a "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
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b "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
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c "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you d all things, even as the e green herbs.
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f "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; g from the hand of every beast I will require it, and h from the hand of man. From the hand of every i man's brother I will require the life of man.
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Whoever j sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
k For in the image of God
He made man.
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And as for you, l be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it."
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Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
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"And as for Me, m behold, I establish n My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
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o "and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
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"Thus p I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
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And God said: q "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
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"I set r My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
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"It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
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"and s I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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"The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember t the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
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And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
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Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. u And Ham was the father of Canaan.
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v These three were the sons of Noah, w and from these the whole earth was populated.
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And Noah began to be x a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
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Then he drank of the wine y and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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z But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
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So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
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Then he said:
a Cursed be Canaan;
A b servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren."
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And he said:
c Blessed be the LORD,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
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May God d enlarge Japheth,
e And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant."
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And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "B...
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb...
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing of all f...
Genesis 9:7
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring...
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from the...
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, ac...
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Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Psalms 8:6
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:15
However, you may slaughter and eat meat within ...
Deuteronomy 14:3
You shall not eat any detestable thing.
Deuteronomy 14:9
These you may eat of all that are in the waters...
Deuteronomy 14:11
All clean birds you may eat.
Acts 10:12
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of ...
Acts 10:13
And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and...
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Romans 14:14
I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that ...
Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of ...
1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful for me, but not all thing...
1 Corinthians 10:26
For "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fulln...
Colossians 2:16
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or...
1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain ...
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing ...
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Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
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Leviticus 7:26
Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of ...
Leviticus 17:10 - 16
And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of ...
Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor ...
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pou...
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pou...
1 Samuel 14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people ...
1 Samuel 14:34
Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the ...
Acts 15:20
But that we write to them to abstain from thing...
Acts 15:29
That you abstain from things offered to idols, ...
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Cross References
Exodus 21:28
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.
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Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Psalms 9:12
When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.
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Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.
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Exodus 21:12 - 14
He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17
Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
Matthew 26:52
But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:1
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark - you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
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Cross References
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Psalms 145:9
The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
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Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:13
I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.
Genesis 17:11
And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:42
Then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land.
Leviticus 26:45
But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.'
Deuteronomy 7:9
Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.
Ezekiel 16:60
Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:13
He who is born in your house and he who is boug...
Genesis 17:19
Then God said: "No, Sarah your wife shall bear ...
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house is not so with God, Yet He ha...
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and you...
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with th...
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lor...
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Cross References
Genesis 9:25 - 27
Then he said: Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.
Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:1
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
1 Chronicles 1:4
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Cross References
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.
Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2
Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
Jeremiah 31:24
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers and those going out with flocks.
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit.
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Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:16
'Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.' "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
Joshua 9:23
"Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves - woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
Joshua 9:27
And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.
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Joshua 9:23
"Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves - woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."
1 Kings 9:20
All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel -
1 Kings 9:21
That is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely - from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.
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Cross References
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him a tithe of all.
Genesis 24:27
And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Psalms 144:15
Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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Cross References
Genesis 10:2 - 5
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 39:3
And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 66:19
I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
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Cross References
Luke 3:36
The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech.
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:14
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.
Ephesians 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel.
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