Genesis 8
1 But God rememberedGe 9:15; 19:2921:1; 30:22Ex 2:24Nu 10:9; Ru 4:131Sa 1:11,192Ki 20:3; 1Ch 16:15; Ne 1:8; 5:19; 13:14,22,31; Job 14:13; Ps 105:42; 106:4; Lk 1:54,72 Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth,Ex 14:21Jos 2:10; 3:16; Job 12:15; Ps 66:6; Isa 11:15; 44:27; Na 1:4 and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavensS Ge 7:11 had been closed, and the rainS Ge 7:4 had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty daysS Ge 7:24 the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh monthS Ge 7:11 the ark came to rest on the mountainsGe 7:20 of Ararat.2Ki 19:37; Jer 51:27 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible. 5 Ge 19:29; 9:15
6 After forty daysGe 7:12 Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven,Lev 11:15; Dt 14:14; 1Ki 17:4,6; Job 38:41; Ps 147:9; Pr 30:17; Isa 34:11; Lk 12:24 and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.ver 11 8 Then he sent out a doveJob 30:31; Ps 55:6; 74:19; SS 2:12,14; Isa 38:14; 59:11; 60:8; Jer 48:28; Eze 7:16; Hos 7:11; 11:11; Na 2:7; Mt 3:16; 10:16; Jn 1:32 to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf ! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.ver 7 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him. 12 Ge 7:12
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah's six hundred and first year,S Ge 5:32 the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second monthS Ge 7:11 the earth was completely dry. 14 Ge 7:11
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.S Ge 7:13 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it."S Ge 1:22 17 Ge 1:22
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the LordGe 12:7-813:18; 22:926:25; 33:20; 35:7; Ex 17:15; 24:4 and, taking some of all the clean animals and cleanS Ge 7:8Lev 11:1-47 birds, he sacrificed burnt offeringsGe 22:2,13; Ex 10:2520:24; 40:29; Lev 1:3; 4:29; 6:8-13; Nu 6:11; Jdg 6:26; 11:31; 1Sa 20:29; Job 1:5; 42:8 on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aromaEx 29:18,25Lev 1:9,132:9; 4:31; Nu 15:3,72Co 2:15 and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the groundS Ge 3:17 because of man, even though[a] Or man, for every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.Ge 6:5; Ps 51:5; Jer 17:9Mt 15:19; Ro 1:21 And never again will I destroyJer 44:11 all living creatures,Ge 9:11,15; Isa 54:9 as I have done. 21 Ge 9:11,15; 12:7-8; 22:2,13
22 "As long as the earth endures, 22 seedtime and harvest,Jos 3:15; Ps 67:6; Jer 5:24 22 cold and heat, 22 summer and winter,Ps 74:17; Zec 14:8 22 day and night 22 will never cease."S Ge 1:14Jer 33:20,25 22 Jer 33:20,25; Ge 1:14 Genesis 9
1 God's Covenant With Noah
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.S Ge 1:22 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.S Ge 1:26 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you.S Ge 1:29 Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.S Ac 10:15; Col 2:16 3 Ge 1:22,29
4 "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.Lev 3:177:2617:10-1419:26Dt 12:16,23-2515:231Sa 14:33Eze 33:25; Ac 15:20,29 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.Ge 42:22; 50:15; 1Ki 2:32; 2Ch 24:22; Ps 9:12 I will demand an accounting from every animal.Ex 21:28-32 And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.Ge 4:10 5 Ge 4:10; Lev 3:17; 17:10-14
6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, 6 by man shall his blood be shed;S Ge 4:14Ex 21:12,14; Lev 24:17S Jdg 9:24; S Mt 26:52 6 Ex 21:12,14; Mt 26:52 6 for in the image of GodS Ge 1:26 6 has God made man. 6 Ge 1:26
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."S Ge 1:22 7 Ge 1:22
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "I now establish my covenant with youver 11; S Ge 6:18 and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature 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 creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenantver 16; Isa 24:533:8; Hos 6:7 with you:S ver 9 Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.S Ge 8:21Isa 54:9" 11 Ge 6:18; 8:21; Isa 54:9
12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenantver 17Ge 17:11 I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:Ge 17:12; Ex 12:14; Lev 3:17; 6:18; 17:7; Nu 10:8 13 I have set my rainbowver 14; Eze 1:28; Rev 4:3; 10:1 in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbowS ver 13 appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenantS Ge 8:1Ex 2:246:5; 34:10Lev 26:42,45Dt 7:9Ps 89:34; 103:18; 105:8; 106:45Eze 16:60 between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.S Ge 8:21 16 Whenever the rainbowver 13 appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenantS ver 11Ge 17:7,13,192Sa 7:13; 23:5Ps 105:9-10; Isa 9:7; 54:10; 55:3; 59:21; 61:8; Jer 31:31-34; 32:40; 33:21; Eze 16:60; 37:26; S Heb 13:20 between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 16 Ge 17:7,13,19; Lev 26:42,45
17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenantS ver 12Ge 17:11 I have established between me and all life on the earth." 17 ver 12; Ge 17:11
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18 The Sons of Noah
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.S Ge 5:32; Lk 3:36 (Ham was the father of Canaan.)ver 25-27; Ge 10:6,15 19 These were the three sons of Noah,Ge 5:32 and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth.S Ge 1:2210:3211:4,8,9 19 Ge 10:32
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[b] Or soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,Ge 19:35 he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakednessHab 2:15 and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. 23 Hab 2:15
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, 25 "CursedGe 27:12 be Canaan!ver 18Ex 20:5; Ps 79:8; Isa 14:21; Jer 31:29; 32:18 25 ver 18 25 The lowest of slaves 25 will he be to his brothers.Ge 25:2327:29,37,40; 37:10; 49:8; Nu 24:18Jos 9:23" 25 Ge 25:23
26 He also said, 26 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem!Ge 14:20; Ex 18:10; Ps 7:17 26 May Canaan be the slave1Ki 9:21 of Shem.[c] Or be his slave 26 1Ki 9:21
27 May God extend the territory of Japheth[d] Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.;Ge 10:2-5 27 Ge 10:2-5 27 may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,Eph 2:13-14; 3:6 27 Eph 2:13-14 27 and may Canaan be his[e] Or their slave."
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, and then he died.S Ge 2:17 29 Ge 2:17 Genesis 10
1 The Table of Nations
1 This is the accountGe 2:4 of Shem, Ham and Japheth,S Ge 5:32 Noah's sons,ver 32; 1Ch 1:4 who themselves had sons after the flood. 1 Ge 2:4
1 2 1 The Japhethites 1 10:2-5pp — 1Ch 1:5-7
2 The sons[f] Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31. of Japheth: 2 Gomer,Eze 38:6 Magog,Eze 38:239:6Rev 20:8 Madai, Javan,Eze 27:19 Tubal,Isa 66:19Eze 27:13; 32:26 MeshechEze 39:1 and Tiras. 2 Eze 38:2,6; Rev 20:8
3 The sons of Gomer: 3 Ashkenaz,Jer 51:27 Riphath and Togarmah.Eze 27:1438:6 3 Eze 38:6; Jer 51:27
4 The sons of Javan: 4 Elishah,Eze 27:7 Tarshish,Ps 48:7; 72:10; Isa 2:16; 23:1,6,10,14; 60:9; 66:19; Jer 10:9Eze 27:12,2538:13Jnh 1:3 the KittimNu 24:24; Isa 23:12; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30 and the Rodanim.[g] Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanim 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)Ge 9:27 5 1Ch 1:5-7; Jnh 1:3
5 6 6 The Hamites 6 10:6-20pp — 1Ch 1:8-16
6 The sons of Ham: 6 Cush,2Ki 19:9; 2Ch 12:3; 16:8; Isa 11:11; 18:1; 20:3; 43:3; Jer 46:9; Eze 30:4,9; 38:5; Na 3:9; Zep 2:12; 3:10 Mizraim,[h] That is, Egypt; also in verse 13 PutEze 27:10; 38:5 and Canaan.ver 15S Ge 9:18 6 ver 15; Ge 9:18
7 The sons of Cush: 7 Seba,Isa 43:3 Havilah,S Ge 2:11 Sabtah, RaamahEze 27:22 and Sabteca. 7 The sons of Raamah: 7 ShebaGe 25:3; 1Ki 10:1; 2Ch 9:1; Job 1:15; 6:19; 16:11; Ps 72:10,15; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Eze 27:22; 38:13; Joel 3:8 and Dedan.1Ch 1:32; Isa 21:13; Jer 25:23-24; 49:8; Eze 27:15,20; 38:13
8 Cush was the father[i] Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26. of Nimrod,Mic 5:6 who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty2Ch 14:9; 16:8; Isa 18:2 hunterGe 25:27; 27:3 before the Lord; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord." 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,Ge 11:92Ch 36:17; Isa 13:1; 47:1; Jer 21:2; 25:12; 50:1 Erech,Ezr 4:9 Akkad and Calneh,Isa 10:9; Am 6:2 in[j] Or Erech and Akkad—all of them in Shinar.[k] That is, BabyloniaGe 11:214:1; Zec 5:11 11 From that land he went to Assyria,Ps 83:8Mic 5:6 where he built Nineveh,2Ki 19:36; Isa 37:37Jnh 1:23:2,34:11; Na 1:1Zep 2:13 Rehoboth Ir,[l] Or Nineveh with its city squares Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 12 Ge 11:9; Mic 5:6; Jnh 1:2
13 Mizraim was the father of 13 the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the PhilistinesGe 21:32,34; 26:1,8Jos 13:2; Jdg 3:3; Isa 14:31; Jer 47:1,4; Am 9:7 came) and Caphtorites.Dt 2:23; 1Ch 1:12 14 Ge 21:32,34
15 Canaanver 6S Ge 9:18 was the father of 15 Sidonver 19; Jos 11:8; Jdg 10:6; Isa 23:2,4; Jer 25:22; 27:3; 47:4Eze 28:2132:30; Joel 3:4; Zec 9:2 his firstborn,[m] Or of the Sidonians, the foremostEx 4:22; Nu 1:20; 3:2; 18:15; 26:5; 33:4 and of the Hittites,Ge 15:2023:3,2025:10; 26:34; 27:46; 49:32; Nu 13:29; Jos 1:4; 1Sa 26:6; Eze 16:3 16 Jebusites,Jdg 19:101Ch 11:4Ezr 9:1 Amorites,Ex 3:8; Nu 13:29; 21:13; 32:39; Dt 1:4; Jos 2:10; 2Ch 8:7 Girgashites,Ge 15:18-21; Dt 7:1 17 Hivites,Ge 34:2; 36:2; Ex 3:8; Dt 7:1; Jdg 3:3 Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites,Eze 27:8 Zemarites and Hamathites.1Ch 18:3 18 Ge 9:18; Eze 28:21; Ge 23:3,20
18 Later the CanaaniteGe 12:613:7; 50:11Ex 13:11Nu 13:29; 14:25; 21:3; 33:40; Dt 1:7; Jdg 1:1 clans scattered 19 and the borders of CanaanGe 11:3112:113:12; 17:824:3; 26:34; 27:46; 28:1,6,8; 31:18; 35:6; 37:1; Lev 25:38 reached from SidonS ver 15Ge 49:13; Jos 19:28; Jdg 1:31; 18:28; 2Sa 24:6 toward Gerar2Ch 14:13 as far as Gaza,Dt 2:23; Jos 10:41; 11:22; 15:47; Jdg 1:18; 6:4; 16:1,21; 1Sa 6:17; Jer 25:20; 47:1; Am 1:6; Zep 2:4 and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim,Ge 14:2; Dt 29:23 as far as Lasha. 19 Ge 13:12; 17:8
20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. 20 1Ch 1:8-16
20 21 21 The Semites 21 10:21-31pp — Ge 11:10-27; 1Ch 1:17-27
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[n] Or Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.ver 24; Nu 24:24 21 Nu 24:24
22 The sons of Shem: 22 Elam,Ge 14:1; Isa 11:11; 21:2Jer 25:2549:34Eze 32:24; Da 8:2 Asshur,Nu 24:22,24; Eze 27:23 Arphaxad,Lk 3:36 Lud and Aram.Jdg 3:10; 1Ki 11:25; 19:15; 20:34; 22:31; 2Ki 5:1; 8:7 22 Jer 49:34; Lk 3:36
23 The sons of Aram: 23 Uz,Ge 22:21Job 1:1Jer 25:20; La 4:21 Hul, Gether and Meshech.[o] See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash 23 Job 1:1
24 Arphaxad was the father of[p] Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of Shelah, 24 and Shelah the father of Eber.S ver 21Lk 3:35 24 Lk 3:35
25 Two sons were born to Eber: 25 One was named Peleg,[q] Peleg means division. because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of 26 Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,Eze 27:19 Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,1Ki 10:1; Job 6:19; Ps 72:10,15; Isa 60:6; Eze 27:22 29 Ophir,1Ki 9:28; 10:11; 1Ch 29:4; Job 22:24; 28:16; Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12 Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. 31 Ge 11:10-27; 1Ch 1:17-27
32 These are the clans of Noah's sons,S ver 1 according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earthS Ge 9:19 after the flood. 32 Ge 9:19
