Genesis 9:1-29 CEV

[1] God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth. [2] All animals, birds, reptiles, and fish will be afraid of you. I have placed them under your control, [3] and I have given them to you for food. From now on, you may eat them, as well as the green plants that you have always eaten. [4] But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it. [5] I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death. [7] I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth. [8] Again, God said to Noah and his sons: [9] I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to everyone who will live after you. [10] This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat. [11] I promise every living creature that the earth and those living on it will never again be destroyed by a flood. [12] The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever. [14] When I send clouds over the earth, and a rainbow appears in the sky, [15] I will remember my promise to you and to all other living creatures. Never again will I let floodwaters destroy all life. [16] When I see the rainbow in the sky, I will always remember the promise that I have made to every living creature. [17] The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise. [18] Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, came out of the boat. Ham later had a son named Canaan. [19] All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons. [20] Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard. [21] One day he got drunk and was lying naked in his tent. [22] Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers. [23] Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body. [24] When Noah woke up and learned what his youngest son had done, [25] he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers. [26] I ask the LORD my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave. [27] I pray that the LORD will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave." [28] Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood [29] and died at the age of nine hundred fifty.