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genesis 9:22
G O D ’ S C O V EN A N T W I T H N O A H
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Then God ­blessed Noah and his sons, say­ing to them,
“Be fruit­f ul and in­crease in num­ber and fill the e ­ arth.
2  T he fear and ­d read of you will fall on all the ­beasts of the
earth, and on all the ­birds in the sky, on ev­ery crea­t ure that
moves a ­ long the ­g round, and on all the fish in the sea; they
are giv­en into your h
­ ands. 3   Ev­ery ­thing that ­lives and ­moves
about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the g ­ reen
plants, I now give you ev­ery­thing.
4  “ But you must not eat meat that has its life­blood ­still in
it. 5  A nd for your life­blood I will sure­ly de­mand an ac­count­
ing. 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  A s
for you, be fruit­f ul and in­crease in num­ber; mul­ti­ply on
the ­earth and in­crease upon it.”
8  T hen God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9  “ I
now es­tab­l ish my cov­enant with you and with your de­scen­
dants af­ter you 10  a nd with ev­ery liv­ing crea­t ure 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
crea­t ure on ­earth. 11  I es­tab­l ish my cov­enant with you: Nev­
er a ­ gain will all life be de­stroyed by the wa­ters of a f ­ lood;
nev­er a ­ gain will t ­ here be a f ­ lood to de­stroy the earth.”
12  A nd God said, “This is the sign of the cov­
enant I
am mak­ing be­tween me and you and ev­ery liv­ing crea­
ture with you, a cov­enant for all gen­er­a­t ions to come: 13  I
have set my rain­bow in the ­c louds, and it will be the sign
of the cov­enant be­t ween me and the ­earth. 14   W hen­ev­er I
bring ­c louds over the e ­ arth and the rain­bow ap­pears in the
clouds, 15  I will re­mem­ber my cov­enant be­t ween me and you
and all liv­ing crea­t ures of ev­ery kind. Nev­er ­again will the
wa­ters be­come a ­f lood to de­stroy all life. 16   W hen­ev­er the
rain­bow ap­pears in the ­c louds, I will see it and re­mem­ber
the ever­last­ing cov­enant be­t ween God and all liv­ing crea­
tures of ev­ery kind on the earth.”
17  S o God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the cov­enant
I have es­tab­l ished be­t ween me and all life on the earth.”
T H E S O NS O F N O A H
18  
T he
sons of Noah who came out of the ark were
Shem, Ham and Ja­pheth. (Ham was the fa­ther of Ca­naan.)
19  T hese were the t ­ hree sons of Noah, and from them came
the peo­ple who were scat­tered over the w
­ hole earth.
20  Noah, a man of the soil, pro­ceed­ed  a to p
­ lant a vine­
­ runk
yard. 21  W hen he ­d rank some of its wine, he be­came d
and lay un­cov­ered in­side his tent. 22  Ham, the fa­ther of
Ca­naan, saw his fa­ther na­ked and told his two broth­ers
a  20 Or
soil, was the first   
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8:21 – 22
God promised to never
again destroy all living
things.
God was pleased with Noah’s
sacrifice, but he knew that humans
would continue to sin. He was
showing forgiveness and grace
for life on earth. He promised that
the normal cycles of nature would
continue until the end of time.
9:1,7
God’s instructions to
Noah and his family
God told Noah and his family to be
fruitful and multiply and take care
of the earth, just like he had told
Adam and Eve. (See Genesis 1:28.)
9:2 – 3
Why animals feared
humans
Sin brought violence into the
world. God made humankind to
rule over all creation, including
the animal world. God also gave
Noah permission to eat animal
meat.
9:4
Why bloody meat was not
okay to eat
The blood of the animal
represented its life. Since life is a
gift from God, it must be honored.
To honor that life, people were
required to drain the blood from
the meat they were eating.
9:5 – 6
God’s judgment for
murder
God created human beings in
his own image, so human life is
precious and valuable.