Genesis 8:20–9:28

וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם וְחִתְּכֶם֙ יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עַ֚ל כָּל־חַיַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעַ֖ל כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּרְמֹ֧שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה וּֽבְכָל־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֖ם

r 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.

בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם נִתָּֽנוּ׃

Into your hand they are delivered.

כָּל־רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוּא־חַ֔י לָכֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה

s Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you.

כְּ יֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־כֹּֽל׃

And t as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

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

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וְאַ֨ךְ אֶת־דִּמְכֶ֤ם לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ אֶדְרֹ֔שׁ מִיַּ֥ד כָּל־חַיָּ֖ה אֶדְרְשֶׁ֑נּוּ

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

וּמִיַּ֣ד הָֽאָדָ֗ם מִיַּד֙ אִ֣ישׁ אָחִ֔יו אֶדְרֹ֖שׁ אֶת־נֶ֥פֶשׁ הָֽאָדָֽם׃

From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

שֹׁפֵךְ֙ דַּ֣ם הָֽאָדָ֔ם בָּֽאָדָ֖ם דָּמ֣וֹ יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְ

x “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed,

כִּ֚י בְּצֶ֣לֶם אֱלֹהִ֔ים עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת־הָאָדָֽם׃

y for God made man in his own image.

וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ

And you, 1 be fruitful

וּרְב֑וּ

and multiply,

שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ

increase greatly on the earth

וּרְבוּ־בָֽהּ׃ס

and multiply in it.”

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־נֹ֔חַ וְאֶל־בָּנָ֥יו אִתּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃ וַאֲנִ֕י הִנְנִ֥י מֵקִ֛ים אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְאֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם אַֽחֲרֵיכֶֽם׃ וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־נֶ֤פֶשׁ הַֽחַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֔ם בָּע֧וֹף בַּבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּֽבְכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ אִתְּכֶ֑ם מִכֹּל֙ יֹצְאֵ֣י הַתֵּבָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַיַּ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, z I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth.

וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם

a I establish my covenant with you,

וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֧ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֛ר ע֖וֹד מִמֵּ֣י הַמַּבּ֑וּל

that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood,

וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה ע֛וֹד מַבּ֖וּל לְשַׁחֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֗ן בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֑ם לְדֹרֹ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃

And God said, b “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:

אֶת־קַשְׁתִּ֕י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן

I have set c my bow in the cloud,

וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְא֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין הָאָֽרֶץ׃

and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

וְהָיָ֕ה בְּעַֽנְנִ֥י עָנָ֖ן עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ

When I bring clouds over the earth

וְנִרְאֲתָ֥ה הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּעָנָֽן׃

and the bow is seen in the clouds,

וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר

d I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh.

וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַבּ֔וּל לְשַׁחֵ֖ת כָּל־בָּשָֽׂר׃

And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

וְהָיְתָ֥ה הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן

When the bow is in the clouds,

וּרְאִיתִ֗יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙ בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין אֱלֹהִ֔ים וּבֵין֙ כָּל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

I will see it and remember e the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־נֹ֑חַ זֹ֤את אֽוֹת־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲקִמֹ֔תִי בֵּינִ֕י וּבֵ֥ין כָּל־בָּשָׂ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃פ

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.”

וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ בְנֵי־נֹ֗חַ הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙ מִן־הַתֵּבָ֔ה שֵׁ֖ם וְחָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת

The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were f Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

וְחָ֕ם ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃

(Ham was the father of Canaan.)

שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־נֹ֑חַ

These three were the sons of Noah,

וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה נָֽפְצָ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

and g from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. 1

וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה

Noah began to be a man of the soil,

וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃

and he planted a vineyard. 1

וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּ֖יִן

He drank of the wine

וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר

and became drunk

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וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל בְּת֥וֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה 1 ׃

and lay uncovered in his tent.

וַיַּ֗רְא חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יו

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father

וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָ֖יו בַּחֽוּץ׃

and told his two brothers outside.

וַיִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָיֶ֜פֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment,

וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם

laid it on both their shoulders,

וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית

and walked backward

וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם

and covered the nakedness of their father.

וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית

Their faces were turned backward,

וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃

and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

וַיִּ֥יקֶץ נֹ֖חַ מִיֵּינ֑וֹ

When Noah awoke from his wine

וַיֵּ֕דַע אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שָׂה־ל֖וֹ בְּנ֥וֹ הַקָּטָֽן׃

h and knew what his youngest son had done to him,

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן

he said, i “Cursed be Canaan;

עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃

j a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹ֣הֵי שֵׁ֑ם

He also said, “Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem;

וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

and let Canaan be his servant.

יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת

May God enlarge Japheth, 1

וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם

and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,

וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃

and let Canaan be his servant.”

וַֽיְחִי־נֹ֖חַ אַחַ֣ר הַמַּבּ֑וּל שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃

After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־נֹ֔חַ תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים

All the days of Noah were 950 years,

שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃פ

and he died.

9:16–17 repeats 9:12–15. It doesn't seem to fit any of the arcing categories. It may be a chiasm: - The sign of the covenant (12–13) - See bow & remember (14–15a) - Waters never again destroy flesh (15b) - See bow & remember (16) - The sign of the covenant (17)

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