Genesis 9 describes God's covenant with Noah after the flood waters receded.
God blessed Noah and his sons, telling them to "be fruitful, and multiply" to repopulate the earth. God established a new relationship between humans and animals (saying animals would now fear humans), and humans were now permitted to eat animals for food. God prohibited eating meat with blood still in it and established the sanctity of human life, declaring that whoever shed human blood would have their blood shed in return. God made a covenant with Noah, promising never to destroy all life with a flood again, and He established the rainbow as the sign of this covenant.
After the flood, Noah planted a vineyard, made wine, became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent. Ham saw his father's nakedness and told his brothers, but Shem and Japheth respectfully covered their father without looking at him. When Noah woke up, he cursed Canaan (Ham's son) to be a servant to his brothers, and he blessed Shem and Japheth. Genesis 9 concludes by noting that Noah lived 350 years after the flood, dying at age 950.
