Genesis 9:17–18
And 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.
And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I haue established betweene mee and all flesh, that is vpon the earth.
¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
¶ And the sonnes of Noah that went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is the father of †Canaan.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. Chenaan.
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- Genesis 10:1Rank 1 from verse 18
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- Genesis 9:25–27Rank 3 from verse 18
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.
27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
25And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.
26And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe ‖his seruant.
27God shall ‖enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
- Genesis 9:23Rank 4 from verse 18
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.
23And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.
- 1 Chronicles 1:4Rank 5 from verse 18
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Genesis 9:17
The one true God.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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A sign intended to represent or indicate another thing or event; a mark, memorial, or identifying evidence.
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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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established
Set firmly; founded, made stable, ordained, enacted, ratified, or confirmed.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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Genesis 9:18
1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.
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Sense 1: Ham, a son of Noah and an ancestor named in the genealogies. Sense 2: The land of Ham.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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9:8¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9:8¶ And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;
9:9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
9:9And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:
9:10And 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.
9:10And with euery liuing creature that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell, and of euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, to euery beast of the earth.
9:11And 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.
9:11And *I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal 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.
9:12And 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:
9:12And God said, This is the token of the Couenant which I make betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature that is with you, for perpetuall generations.
9:13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
9:13I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.
9:14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
9:14*And it shall come to passe, when I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the bow shall be seene in the cloud.
9:15And 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.
9:15And I will remember my couenant, which is betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
9:16And 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.
9:16And the bow shalbe in the cloud; and I will looke vpon it, that I may remember the euerlasting couenant betweene God and euery liuing creature, of all flesh that is vpon the earth.
9:17And 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.
9:17And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I haue established betweene mee and all flesh, that is vpon the earth.
Selected passage9:18¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
9:18¶ And the sonnes of Noah that went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is the father of †Canaan.
Selected passage9:19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
9:19These are the three sonnes of Noah: and of them was the whole earth ouerspread.
9:20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
9:20And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
9:21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
9:21And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.
9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without.
9:23And 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.
9:23And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.
9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him.
9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
9:25And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.