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Genesis 9

"Be fruitful and multiply and refill the land. The care of all animals, I place in your hand." "Clean animals may now be food unto you. Just as the green herb, I give these too." "But flesh with the blood, which is life, do not eat. Moreover, shed man's blood and you'll that same future meet. I'll surely require accounting for man's blood. Whom in My image made I with very much love. God spoke to Noah and his sons and proclaimed, "With you and your children My Covenant is now made." "And with all living things, I promise this day, Never again shall I send such a flood in this way." "As a perpetual sign of this promise to you, I give you My rainbow as a sign that shines through." Shem, Ham, and Japheth were Noah's three sons. The whole earth was again filled with life through these ones. Noah became a farmer and he planted grape vines. Unfortunately, one day he became drunk with much wine. Ham did something shameful while his father was drunk. His brothers did not do the same, for this behavior, it stunk. When Noah awoke, he became very mad. He could not believe what Ham did to his dad. Ham and his land, Canaan, Noah did curse. A servant of servants he would be, for these actions perverse. Noah praised the Lord and sought blessings for Japheth and Shem. As for Ham's son Canaan, he'd be a servant of men. Three hundred fifty more years past the flood Noah lived. Nine hundred fifty in all to him God did give.

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