Genesis 9:17–20
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.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. Chenaan.
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
These are the three sonnes of Noah: and of them was the whole earth ouerspread.
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
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From verse 18
- Genesis 10:1Rank 1 from verse 18
- Genesis 10:6Rank 2 from verse 18
- 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
From verse 19
- 1 Chronicles 1:4–28Rank 1 from verse 19
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
24¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27Abram; the same is Abraham.
28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
4Noah, Shem, Ham, & Iapheth.
5¶ *The sonnes of Iapheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6And the sonnes of Gomer: Ashchenaz, and ‖Riphath, and Togarmah.
7And the sonnes of Iauan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and ‖Dodanim.
8¶ The sonnes of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sonnes of Cush: Siba, and Hauilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sonnes of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush *begate Nimrod: hee began to be mightie vpon the earth.
11And Mizraim begate Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (of whome came the Philistines) and *Caphthorim.
13And Canaan begate Zidon his first borne, and Heth.
14The Iebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15And the Hiuite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17¶ The sonnes of *Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, & Hul, and Gether, and ‖Meshech.
18And Arphaxad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber.
19And vnto Eber were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was †Peleg, (because in his dayes the earth was diuided) and his brothers name was Ioktan.
20And *Ioktan begate Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazermaueth, and Ierah,
21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.
24¶ *Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25*Eber, Peleg, Rehu,
26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27*Abram, the same is Abraham.
28The sonnes of Abraham: *Isaac, and *Ishmael.
- Genesis 10:2–32Rank 2 from verse 19
2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
2*The sonnes of Iaphet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, & Tubal, and Meshech, & Tiras.
3And the sonnes of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Iauan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5By these were the Iles of the Gentiles diuided in their lands, euery one after his tongue: after their families, in their nations.
6¶ *And the sonnes of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sonnes of Cush, Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sonnes of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is saide, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the LORD.
10And the beginning of his kingdome was †Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11Out of that land went forth ‖Asshur, and builded Nineueh, and the ‖citie Rehoboth, and Calah,
12And Resen betweene Nineueh and Calah: the same is a great citie.
13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (out of whome came Philistiim) and Caphtorim.
15¶ And Canaan begate †Sidon his first borne, and Heth,
16And the Iebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgasite,
17And the Hiuite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19And the border of the Canaanites, was from Sidon, as thou commest to Gerar, vnto †Gaza, as thou goest vnto Sodoma and Gomorah, and Admah, & Zeboim, euen vnto Lasha.
20These are the sonnes of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21¶ Unto Shem also the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Iaphet the elder, euen to him were children borne.
22The *children of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and †Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23And the children of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24And Arphaxad begate †Salah, and Salah begate Eber.
25*And vnto Eber were borne two sonnes: the name of one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth diuided, and his brothers name was Ioktan.
26And Ioktan begate Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and Ierah,
27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29And Ophir, and Hauilah, & Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.
30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar, a mount of the East.
31These are the sonnes of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands after their nations.
32These are the families of the sonnes of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations diuided in the earth after the Flood.
- Genesis 5:32Rank 3 from verse 19
- Genesis 8:17Rank 4 from verse 19
17Bring 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.
17Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.
From verse 20
- Deuteronomy 20:6Rank 1 from verse 20
6And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
6And what man is hee that hath planted a Uineyard, and hath not yet †eaten of it? let him also go and returne vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and an other man eate of it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30Rank 2 from verse 20
30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
30Thou shalt betrothe a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: *thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not †gather the grapes thereof.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9Rank 3 from verse 20
- Genesis 3:18–19Rank 4 from verse 20
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
18Thornes also and thistles shall it †bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate the herbe of the field.
19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.
- Genesis 3:23Rank 5 from verse 20
- Genesis 4:2Rank 6 from verse 20
- Genesis 5:29Rank 7 from verse 20
29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
29And he called his name Noah, saying; This same shall comfort vs, concerning our woorke and toyle of our hands, because of the ground, which the LORD hath cursed.
- Isaiah 28:24–26Rank 8 from verse 20
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and breake the clods of his ground?
25‖‖†When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?
26‖For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- Proverbs 10:11Rank 9 from verse 20
- Proverbs 12:11Rank 10 from verse 20
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Rank 11 from verse 20
7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
7Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruite thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
- Proverbs 24:30Rank 12 from verse 20
- Song of Solomon 1:6Rank 13 from verse 20
6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
6Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept.
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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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Genesis 9:19
1. Entire or complete. 2. Sound or restored to health.
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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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overspread
To spread, cover, or extend over a surface or region.
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Genesis 9:20
Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).
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husbandman
One who cultivates or cares for land, crops, vineyards, or cattle.
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Set in the ground for growth; placed, fixed, introduced, or established.
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Orchard of grapes.
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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.
Selected passage9:20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
9:20And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Selected passage9:21And 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.