Genesis 9
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 50
Chapter Summary
1 God blesses Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 8 God's covenant, 13 signified by the rainbow. 18 Noah replenishes world, 20 plants a vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked by son, 25 curses Canaan, 26 blesses Shem, 27 prays for Japheth, 29 and dies.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Blessed by God, given the covenant, plants a vineyard, becomes drunk, and curses Canaan while blessing Shem and Japheth.
Blesses Noah, forbids the eating of blood and murder, and establishes His covenant signified by the bow in the cloud.
Father of Canaan; sees his father's nakedness and tells his two brothers outside.
Son of Noah who, with Japheth, covers his father's nakedness; blessed as the one whose God is Jehovah.
Son of Noah who helps cover his father's nakedness; blessed to be enlarged and dwell in the tents of Shem.
Son of Ham, cursed by Noah to be a slave of slaves to his brothers.
Timeline
God blesses Noah and his sons, commanding them to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. He gives them dominion over animals, allowing them to eat all living things, but forbids eating flesh with its lifeblood. He establishes a covenant with Noah and all living creatures that never again will a flood destroy all flesh. The rainbow is set as a sign of this everlasting covenant.
Genesis 9:1-17Noah plants a vineyard, drinks wine, and becomes drunk, uncovering himself in his tent. Ham (father of Canaan) sees his father's nakedness and tells his brothers outside. Shem and Japheth take a garment, walk backward, and cover their father without looking. Noah awakes, curses Canaan to be a slave to his brothers, and blesses Shem and Japheth.
Genesis 9:18-27Noah lives 350 years after the flood, dying at 950 years old.
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