Chapter summary

God blessed Noah and his sons, instructing them to multiply and populate the earth while granting them all living creatures for food, with the prohibition against consuming blood and the mandate that murder would be punished. He then established a covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature, promising never to destroy the earth again by a flood, and placed a rainbow in the clouds as the visible sign of this agreement. Noah's sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—ventured from the ark, and from them the earth was populated. Later, Noah planted a vineyard, became drunk on its wine, and lay uncovered in his tent, where Ham saw his nakedness and told his brothers Shem and Japheth, who covered their father with a garment while walking backward. When Noah awoke and learned what Ham had done, he pronounced a curse of servitude upon Canaan while blessing Shem and Japheth. After living for a total of 950 years, Noah died.

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