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Genesis 9 comparison

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1
KJV

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

ASV

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

2
KJV

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.

ASV

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

3
KJV

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

ASV

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

4
KJV

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

ASV

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5
KJV

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

ASV

And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

6
KJV

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

ASV

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7
KJV

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

ASV

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8
KJV

¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

ASV

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9
KJV

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

ASV

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10
KJV

And 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.

ASV

and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.

11
KJV

And 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.

ASV

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12
KJV

And 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:

ASV

And 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:

13
KJV

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

ASV

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

14
KJV

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

ASV

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

15
KJV

And 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.

ASV

and 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.

16
KJV

And 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.

ASV

And 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.

17
KJV

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.

ASV

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.

18
KJV

¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

ASV

And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19
KJV

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

ASV

These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.

20
KJV

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

ASV

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

21
KJV

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

ASV

and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22
KJV

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

ASV

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

23
KJV

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.

ASV

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.

24
KJV

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

ASV

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.

25
KJV

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

ASV

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26
KJV

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

ASV

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

27
KJV

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

ASV

God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

28
KJV

¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

ASV

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29
KJV

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

ASV

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.