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Genesis 9

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Bible Compare Genesis 9
Verse 1
WEB

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.

KJV

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Verse 2
WEB

The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.

KJV

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.

Verse 3
WEB

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

KJV

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Verse 4
WEB

But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.

KJV

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Verse 5
WEB

I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

KJV

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's brother will I require the life of man.

Verse 6
WEB

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

KJV

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Verse 7
WEB

Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”

KJV

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Verse 8
WEB

God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

KJV

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

Verse 9
WEB

“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

KJV

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Verse 10
WEB

and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.

KJV

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.

Verse 11
WEB

I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

KJV

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.

Verse 12
WEB

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:

KJV

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:

Verse 13
WEB

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

KJV

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Verse 14
WEB

When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,

KJV

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

Verse 15
WEB

I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

KJV

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.

Verse 16
WEB

The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

KJV

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.

Verse 17
WEB

God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

KJV

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.

Verse 18
WEB

The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.

KJV

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Verse 19
WEB

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

KJV

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Verse 20
WEB

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

KJV

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Verse 21
WEB

He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

KJV

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Verse 22
WEB

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

KJV

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Verse 23
WEB

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.

KJV

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's nakedness.

Verse 24
WEB

Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

KJV

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Verse 25
WEB

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

KJV

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Verse 26
WEB

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

KJV

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Verse 27
WEB

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

KJV

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Verse 28
WEB

Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.

KJV

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

Verse 29
WEB

All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.

KJV

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.