Genesis · Chapter 9

[ edit] And God bliſſide to Noe, and to þe ſonys of hym, and ſeide to hem, Growe ȝe, and be ȝe multiplied, and fulfilliþ þe erþe; and ȝoure feer and ȝoure tremblyng be vpon alle þe beeſtis of erþe, and vpon alle fowlis of heuene, wiþ alle þat ben moued in erþe; alle fiſhes of þe ſee ben takun to ȝoure honde. And al þat is meued and lyueþ ſhal be to ȝow into meet; as green wortis I haue takun to ȝow alle þingis, out takun þat flehs wiþ blood ȝe ſhulen not ete, blood forſoþe of ȝowre ſowles I ſhal requyre of þe honde of alle beeſtis and of þe honde of man, of þe honde of man and of þe broþir of hym I ſhal requyre þe ſoule of man.

Who ſo euer ſhal ſheed mannus blood, þe blood of hym ſhal be ſhed; to þe ymage forſoþe of God man is maad. Ȝe forſoþe growiþ, and be ȝe multiplied, and go ȝe in vpon þe erþe, and fulfille ȝe it. Þes þingis forſoþe þe Lord ſeide to Noe, and to his ſonys wiþ hym, ſe! I ſhal make ſtable my couenaunt wiþ ȝou, and wiþ ȝour ſeed after ȝou, and to alle ſoule lyuynge þat is wiþ ȝou, as wel in foulis as in iumentis and in beeſtis of þe erþe, and in alle þat ben gon out of þe arke, and in alle beeſtis of þe erþe. I ſhal make ſtable my couenaunt wiþ ȝou, and no more al fleſh ſhal be ſlayn of þe watris of þe flood, ne ſhal herafter be a flood ſcaterynge al erþe.

And God ſeide, Þis ſigne of couenaunt of pees Y ȝeue bitwix me and ȝou, and to al ſoule lyuynge þat is wiþ ȝou, in to euerlaſtinge generaciouns. Y ſhal ſette my bow in þe clowdis, and þe ſigne of couenant of pees ſhal be bitwix me and þe erþe; and whan Y ſhal ouerhelde þe heuen wiþ clowdis, my bow ſhal apere in þe clowdis, and I ſhal recorde of my couenaunt of pees þat Y couenantide wiþ ȝou, and wiþ alle ſoulis lyuynge þat quikeneþ fleſh; and þere ſhal be no more watris of flood to al fleſh to be don a wei.

And my bow ſhal be in þe clowdes, and I ſhal ſe it, and Y ſhal recorde of þe euerlaſtynge boond of pees, þat is couenauntid bitwix God and alle ſoule lyuynge of al flehs þat is vpon þe erþe. And God ſeide to Noe, Þis ſhal be tokne of þe bonde of pees, þat I haue ordeyned bitwix me and al flehs vpon erþe. Weren þanne þe ſonys of Noe þat ben gon out of þe arke, Sem, Cam, and Japheþ; Cam forſoþe, he is þe fader of Chanaan. Þes þre ben þe ſones of Noe, and of þes it is out ſedid al þe kynde of men vpon al erþe. And Noe, a man erþe tylyer, bigan to excerſiſe þe erþe, and he plauntid a vyne, and drynkynge wyn was drunkun, and nakid he lay in his tabernacle.

Þe which whan Cham, þe fader of Chanaan, had ſeen, þat is, þe priuey herneis of his fader to be nakid, he tolde it to his two briþeren wiþ out. And forſoþe Sem and Japheþ putten a mantel vpon her ſhulderis, and goynge in bacward couereden þe priuy harneis of her fader, and þe faces of hem weren turned a wey, and þe mannus harneys of þe fader þei ſawen not. Noe forſoþe wakynge of þe wyn, whan he had lerned þe þingis þat his ȝonger ſone dide to hym, ſeiþ, Curſide child Chanaan, þral of alle þrallis he ſhal be to his briþeren. And he ſeide, Bliſſid be þe Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his ſeruaunt; God ſprede abrood Japheþ, and dwel he in þe tabernaclis of Sem, and Chanaan be þe þral of hym.

Noe forſoþe lyuede after þe flood þre hundrid and fifti wynter; and alle þe daies of hym ben fulfilled of nyne hundrid and fifti ȝeer, and deed he is.