Genesis 8:1-10:1

Coverdale^{(i) 1} Then God remembred Noe and all the beastes, and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke, and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth: and ye waters ceassed, ² and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden, ³ and the waters ranne styll awaye from ye earth, and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes. ⁴ Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat. ⁵ And the waters wete awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth: for the first daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes of the mountaynes appeared. ⁶ After fourtie dayes Noe opened ye wyndow of the Arcke which he had made, ⁷ & sent forth a rauen, which flew out, and came agayne, vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpo the earth. ⁸ Then sent he forth a doue from him, to wete, whether the waters were falle vpon the earth. ⁹ But when ye doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete, she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke, for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hande, and toke her to him in to the Arke. ¹⁰ Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo, & sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke: ¹¹ & she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde: and beholde, she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre, & bare it in hir nebb. Then Noe perceaued, that the waters were abated vpon the earth. ¹² Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes, and sent forth the doue, which came nomore to him agayne. ¹³ In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age, vpon the first daye of ye first moneth, the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth. Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke, and sawe yt the face of the earth was drye. ¹⁴ So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye. ¹⁵ Then spake God vnto Noe, and sayde: ¹⁶ Go out of the Arke, thou and thy wyfe, and thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wyues with the. ¹⁷ As for all the beastes that are with the, what so euer flesh it be (both foule & catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth) let them go out with the, and be ye occupied vpon the earth, growe and multiplye vpon the earth. ¹⁸ So Noe wente out, with his sonnes, and with his wife, and with his sonnes wyues. ¹⁹ All the beastes also and all the wormes, and all the foules, and all that crepte vpon the earth, wente out of the Arke, euery one vnto his like. ²⁰ And Noe buylded an altare vnto ye LORDE, and toke of all maner of cleane beastes & of all maner of cleane foules, and offred bret sacrifices vpon ye altare. ²¹ And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done. ²² Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest, colde and heate Sommer and wynter, daye and night ceasse so longe as the earth endureth. ^{9 1} And God blessed Noe and his sonnes, and sayde vnto them: increace & multiplye, and fyll the earth. ² The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth, vpon all foules vnder the heauen, and vpon all that crepeth on the earth, and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hades. ³ All that moueth and hath life, be youre meate. Euen as the grene herbe, so haue I geue you all. ⁴ Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude, wherin the soule is: ⁵ For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is, wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes: and the soule of ma wyll I requyre of mans hande, yee euery mans soule of anothers hande. ⁶ He that sheddeth mas bloude, his bloude shal be shed by man agayne, for God made man after his owne licknesse. ⁷ As for you, be ye frutefull, and increase, and be occupied vpon the earth, that ye maye multiplye therin. ⁸ Farthermore, God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes wt him: ⁹ Beholde, I make my couenaunt with you, and with youre sede after you, ¹⁰ and with euery lyuynge creature that is with you, both foule, catell, and all beastes vpon the earth with you, of all that is gone out of the Arke, what so euer beast of the earth it be: ¹¹ And thus I make my couenaunt with you, that hence forth all flesh shal not be destroyed with the waters of eny floude, and from hence forth there shall come no floude to destroye the earth. ¹² And God sayde: This is the token of my couenaunt which I haue made betwene me and you, and all lyuynge creatures amonge you for euermore: ¹³ My bowe will I set in the cloudes, and it shal be the token of my couenaunt betwene me and ye earth: ¹⁴ so that wha I brynge cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe shal appeare in the cloudes. ¹⁵ And then wyll I thynke vpon my couenaunt betwixte me and you and all lyuynge creatures in all maner of flesh: so that from hence forth there shall nomore come eny floude of water to destroye all flesh. ¹⁶ Therfore shall my bowe be in the cloudes, that I maye loke vpon it, and remembre the euerlastynge couenaunt, betwixte God and all liuynge creatures in all flesh that is vpon earth. ¹⁷ God sayde also vnto Noe: This is the toke of the couenaunt, which I haue made betwene me and all flesh vpon earth. ¹⁸ The sonnes of Noe which wente out of the Arke, are these: Sem, Ham and Iaphet. As for Ham, he is the father of Canaa. ¹⁹ These are Noes thre sonnes, of whom all londes were ouerspred. ²⁰ Noe beganne to take hede vnto ye tyllinge of the grounde, & planted a vyniarde. ²¹ And dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and laye vncouered in his tente. ²² Now when Ha the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuities, he tolde his two brethren without. ²³ The toke Sem and Iaphet a mantell and put it vpo both their shulders, and wente backwarde, and couered their fathers secretes: & their faces were turned asyde, yt they shulde not se their fathers preuyties. ²⁴ So whan Noe awaked from his wyne, and perceaued what his yonger sonne had done vnto him, ²⁵ he sayde: Cursed be Canaan, and a seruaunt of seruauntes be he vnto his brethren. ²⁶ He sayde morouer: Praysed be the LORDE God of Sem, and Canaan be his seruaunt. ²⁷ God increase Iaphet, and let him dwell in the tentes of Sem, and Canaan be his seruaunt. ²⁸ And Noe lyued after the floude thre hundreth & fiftie yeare, ²⁹ so yt his whole age was ix. hudreth and fyftie yeare, and so he dyed. ^{10 1} This is the generacion of the childre of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, & they begat children after the floude.