Genesis 9

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JST insertionbefore v. 1

And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth out of the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him. And every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar, and gave thanks unto the Lord, and rejoiced in his heart.

IV vv. 1–4 (Inspired Version, 1867)

1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 1

And the Lord spake unto Noah, and he blessed him. And Noah smelled a sweet savor, and he said in his heart,
IV v. 5 (Inspired Version, 1867)

2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 2

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
IV v. 8 (Inspired Version, 1867)

3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 4

But the blood of all flesh, which I have given you for meat, shall be shed upon the ground, which taketh life thereof; and the blood ye shall not eat.
IV v. 10 (Inspired Version, 1867)

5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 5

And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands.
IV v. 11 (Inspired Version, 1867)

6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 6

And whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for man shall not shed the blood of man.
IV v. 12 (Inspired Version, 1867)

7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 7

And a commandment I give unto you: Be ye fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply therein.
IV v. 14 (Inspired Version, 1867)

8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 9

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto your father Enoch, concerning your seed after you.
IV v. 15 (Inspired Version, 1867)

10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 10

And it shall come to pass that every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of the beast of the earth that is with you, which shall go out of the ark, shall not altogether perish; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
IV v. 16 (Inspired Version, 1867)

11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 11

And I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto Enoch, concerning the remnants of your posterity.
IV v. 17 (Inspired Version, 1867)

12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 12

And God made a covenant with Noah and said, This shall be the token of the covenant I make between me and you, and for every living creature with you, for perpetual generations:
IV v. 18 (Inspired Version, 1867)

13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 13

I will set my bow in the cloud; and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
IV v. 19 (Inspired Version, 1867)

14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 15

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember my covenant, which I have made between me and you, for every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
IV v. 20 (Inspired Version, 1867)

JST insertionbetween v. 15 and v. 16

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant, which I made unto thy father Enoch, that, when men should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth, the city of Enoch, which I have caught up unto myself. And this is mine everlasting covenant: that when thy posterity shall embrace the truth and look upward, then shall Zion look downward, and all the heavens shall shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble with joy; And the general assembly of the church of the firstborn shall come down out of heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until the end come. And this is mine everlasting covenant, which I made with thy father Enoch.

IV vv. 21–23 (Inspired Version, 1867)

16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 16

And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will establish my covenant unto thee, which I have made between me and thee, for every living creature of all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
IV v. 24 (Inspired Version, 1867)

17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 17

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and thee, for all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
IV v. 25 (Inspired Version, 1867)

18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 18

And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. These were the three sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
IV v. 26 (Inspired Version, 1867)

19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 21

And Noah began to till the earth, and he was a husbandman; and he planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent;
IV v. 27 (Inspired Version, 1867)

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 23

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his brethren without; and Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
IV v. 28 (Inspired Version, 1867)

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 24

And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done unto him; and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
IV v. 29 (Inspired Version, 1867)

25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 26

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant, and a veil of darkness shall cover him, that he shall be known among all men.
IV v. 30 (Inspired Version, 1867)

27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

JSTJoseph Smith Translation of v. 28

And Noah lived after the flood, three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
IV v. 32 (Inspired Version, 1867)

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

Also cited in commentary

3 Nephi 22 — With Everlasting Kindness — The Forsaken Wife Gathered Home
- How the chapter is built
Alma 5 — Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances — Alma's Master Examination at Zarahemla, the Mighty Change of Heart, and the Song of Redeeming Love
- The chapter's architecture
- The introduction and the recalled deliverance
Alma 58 — He Did Speak Peace to Our Souls — Prayer, Long Waiting, and the Taking of Manti
- The faction, the steadfast sons, and the close
Moroni 5 — In Remembrance of the Blood — The Sacrament Prayer on the Wine
- How the chapter is built
- The prayer on the wine
Mosiah 19 — Noah Burned With Fire — Abinadi's Prophecy Fulfilled, the Colony's Tribute Begins, and the Priests Vanish into the Wilderness
- The abandonment of the women
- Where this lands
Genesis 4 — Two Brothers and One Altar — the First Offering Accepted and Refused, Sin Crouching at the Door, the Blood That Cries from the Ground, and the Seed Appointed Instead of Abel
- The mark and the land of Nod
Genesis 5 — The Book of the Generations of Adam — the Likeness Handed Down, the Drumbeat of the Dying, the One Who Walked and Was Not, and the Son Named for Comfort
- How this chapter changes the reader
- In his own likeness, after his image
Psalms 29 — The Voice That Breaks the Cedars — Seven Thunders, the God of Glory, and the King Enthroned Over the Flood
- The King upon the flood
Moses 2 — I, God, Created — the Restored Creation, the Only Begotten as Agent, and the Seven Days
- Day Four — the lights, demoted on purpose

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Joseph Smith Translation

v. 1
And the Lord spake unto Noah, and he blessed him. And Noah smelled a sweet savor, and he said in his heart,
v. 2
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
v. 4
But the blood of all flesh, which I have given you for meat, shall be shed upon the ground, which taketh life thereof; and the blood ye shall not eat.
v. 5
And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands.
v. 6
And whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for man shall not shed the blood of man.
v. 7
And a commandment I give unto you: Be ye fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply therein.
v. 9
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto your father Enoch, concerning your seed after you.
v. 10
And it shall come to pass that every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of the beast of the earth that is with you, which shall go out of the ark, shall not altogether perish; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
v. 11
And I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto Enoch, concerning the remnants of your posterity.
v. 12
And God made a covenant with Noah and said, This shall be the token of the covenant I make between me and you, and for every living creature with you, for perpetual generations:
v. 13
I will set my bow in the cloud; and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
v. 15
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember my covenant, which I have made between me and you, for every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
v. 16
And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will establish my covenant unto thee, which I have made between me and thee, for every living creature of all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
v. 17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and thee, for all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
v. 18
And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. These were the three sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
v. 21
And Noah began to till the earth, and he was a husbandman; and he planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent;
v. 23
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his brethren without; and Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
v. 24
And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done unto him; and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
v. 26
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant, and a veil of darkness shall cover him, that he shall be known among all men.
v. 28
And Noah lived after the flood, three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
insertion after v. 0
And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth out of the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him. And every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar, and gave thanks unto the Lord, and rejoiced in his heart.
insertion after v. 1
I will call on the name of the Lord, that he will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake—for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth—and that he will not again smite any more everything living, as he hath done, while the earth remaineth; And that seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night may not cease with man.
insertion after v. 6
For a commandment I give: that every man's brother shall preserve the life of man; for in mine own image have I made man.
insertion after v. 15
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant, which I made unto thy father Enoch, that, when men should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth, the city of Enoch, which I have caught up unto myself. And this is mine everlasting covenant: that when thy posterity shall embrace the truth and look upward, then shall Zion look downward, and all the heavens shall shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble with joy; And the general assembly of the church of the firstborn shall come down out of heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until the end come. And this is mine everlasting covenant, which I made with thy father Enoch.