{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:03:04.580Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And Noah began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyard:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 9 (ERV)","markdown":"[Genesis 9](https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/9 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}