Genesis Chapter 9 — The Rainbow Covenant | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת נֹחַ וְאֶת בָּנָיו

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

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."

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וּמוֹרַאֲכֶם וְחִתְּכֶם יִהְיֶה עַל כָּל חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ

KJVAnd 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.

The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea.

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כָּל רֶמֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר הוּא חַי לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָכְלָה

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

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

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אַךְ בָּשָׂר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ דָמוֹ לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ

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

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

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וְאַךְ אֶת דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אֶדְרֹשׁ

KJVAnd 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.

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man.

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שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה אֶת הָאָדָם

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

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

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וְאַתֶּם פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ שִׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ וּרְבוּ בָהּ

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

And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.

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וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל נֹחַ וְאֶל בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ לֵאמֹר

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

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

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וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם

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

Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you.

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וְאֵת כָּל נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם

KJVAnd 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.

And with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you.

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וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם וְלֹא יִכָּרֵת כָּל בָּשָׂר עוֹד מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל

KJVAnd 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.

I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

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וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים זֹאת אוֹת הַבְּרִית

KJVAnd 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:

And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations."

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אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן וְהָיְתָה לְאוֹת בְּרִית בֵּינִי וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ

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

I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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וְהָיָה בְּעַנְנִי עָנָן עַל הָאָרֶץ

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

When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,

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וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם

KJVAnd 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.

I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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וְהָיְתָה הַקֶּשֶׁת בֶּעָנָן

KJVAnd 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.

When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.

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וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל נֹחַ זֹאת אוֹת הַבְּרִית

KJVAnd 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.

God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

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וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי נֹחַ הַיֹּצְאִים מִן הַתֵּבָה שֵׁם וְחָם וָיָפֶת

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

The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

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שְׁלֹשָׁה אֵלֶּה בְנֵי נֹחַ וּמֵאֵלֶּה נָפְצָה כָל הָאָרֶץ

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

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.

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וַיָּחֶל נֹחַ אִישׁ הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּטַּע כָּרֶם

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

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

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וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן הַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁכָּר

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

He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.

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וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו

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

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

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וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם

KJVAnd 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.

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father.

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וַיִּיקֶץ נֹחַ מִיֵּינוֹ וַיֵּדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לוֹ בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָן

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

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

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וַיֹּאמֶר אָרוּר כְּנָעַן עֶבֶד עֲבָדִים יִהְיֶה לְאֶחָיו

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

He said, "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."

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וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי שֵׁם

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

He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant."

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יַפְתְּ אֱלֹהִים לְיֶפֶת וְיִשְׁכֹּן בְּאָהֳלֵי שֵׁם

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

May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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וַיְחִי נֹחַ אַחַר הַמַּבּוּל שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה

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

After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

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וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל יְמֵי נֹחַ תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹת

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

All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

Genesis — Chapter 9