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On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

And God said to Noah and to his sons,

And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.

And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.

May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.

And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,

And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.

And death came to Haran when he was with his father Terah in the land of his birth, Ur of the Chaldees.

And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram and they went out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and were there for some time.