Noah builds an altar -- Commandment to not shed blood -- God's covenant, the token of it set in the clouds -- Noah's folly, the results of it.

¹⁵¹⁾And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16) Go forth out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

¹⁷²⁾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.

¹⁸³⁾And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19)Every. And every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

²⁰⁴⁾And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD;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.

²¹⁵⁾And the LORDLord spake unto Noah, and he blessed him. And Noah smelled a sweet savor;, and the LORDhe said in his heart;

⁶⁾I will call on the name of the Lord, Ithat 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; neitherand that he will Inot again smite any more every thing living, as Ihe havehath done. 22)While, while the earth remaineth;

⁷⁾And, seedtimethat seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shallmay not cease with man.

   Ch- 9, 29 vv, 4 m.

¹⁸⁾And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2) 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.

³⁹⁾Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

⁴¹⁰⁾But, the blood of all flesh withwhich I have given you for meat, shall be shed upon the ground, which taketh life thereof, which isand the blood thereof,ye shall ye not eat.

⁵¹¹⁾And surely your, blood ofshall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives will I require; atand the handblood of every beast will I require it, and at theyour hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of manhands.

⁶¹²⁾WhosoAnd whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:; for man shall not shed the blood of man.

¹³⁾For a commandment I give, that every man's brother shall preserve the life of man, for in themine own image ofhave GodI made he man.

⁷¹⁴⁾And a commandment I give unto you, beBe ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly inon the earth, and multiply therein.

⁸¹⁵⁾And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9) And I, behold, I will establish my covenant with you, andwhich withI made unto your father Enoch, concerning your seed after you;.

¹⁰¹⁶⁾And withit shall come to pass, that every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of everythe beast of the earth that is with you;, fromwhich all thatshall go out of the ark, toshall everynot beastaltogether of the earth. 11)And I will establish my covenant with you,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.

¹²¹⁷⁾And I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto Enoch, concerning the remnants of your posterity.

¹⁸⁾And God made a covenant with Noah, and said, This isshall be the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and for every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:;

¹³¹⁹⁾I dowill set my bow in the cloud,; and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

¹⁴²⁰⁾And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15)And; and I will remember my covenant, which isI have made between me and you, andfor every living creature of all flesh;. andAnd the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

¹⁶²¹⁾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.

²²⁾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;

²³⁾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.

²⁴⁾And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will establish my covenant unto thee, which I have made between Godme and thee, for every living creature of all flesh that isshall be upon the earth.

¹⁷²⁵⁾And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and thee; for all flesh that isshall be upon the earth.

¹⁸²⁶⁾And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth:; and Ham iswas the father of Canaan. 19) These arewere the three sons of Noah:, and of them was the whole earth overspread.

²⁰²⁷⁾And Noah began to betill the earth, and he was an husbandman,; and he planted a vineyard: 21)And, and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.;

²²²⁸⁾And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23)And; and 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.

²⁴²⁹⁾And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngeryoungest son had done unto him. 25)And, and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

²⁶³⁰⁾And he said, Blessed be the LORDLord 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.

²⁷³¹⁾God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

²⁸³²⁾And Noah lived after the flood, three hundred and fifty years. 29) And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:; and he died.