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Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targums Onkelos,
Jonathan Ben Uzziel/Palestinian,
Jerusalem Fragments

Genesis
Chapter 9

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Genesis 8 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Genesis 10

GENESIS 9:1
JPS 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
ONK 9:1 And the Lord blessed Noach and his sons, and said to them, Spread abroad, and multiply, and fill the earth.
PAL 9:1 And the Lord blessed Noah, and his sons, and said to them, Spread forth and multiply, and replenish the earth.

GENESIS 9:2
JPS 9:2 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, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
ONK 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heavens, in all which creepeth upon the earth, and in all fish of the sea; into your hands shall they be delivered.
PAL 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens; of all that the earth swarmeth forth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

GENESIS 9:3
JPS 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
ONK 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth, for you it shall be to eat; as the green herb I have given you the whole.
PAL 9:3 Every moving thing which liveth to you shall be for food: as the green herb have I given to you the whole.

GENESIS 9:4
JPS 9:4 Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
ONK 9:4 But the flesh with its life-blood you shall not eat.
PAL 9:4 But flesh which is torn of the living beast, what time the life is in it, or that torn from a slaughtered animal before all the breath has gone forth, you shall not eat.

GENESIS 9:5
JPS 9:5 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, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
ONK 9:5 And also your blood of your lives will I require, from every beast will I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of the man who sheddeth the blood of his brother will I require the life of man.
PAL 9:5 But the blood of your lives will I require⁽³⁰⁾ 30. Or, "demand retribution." of every animal which hath killed a man, I will require that it be put to death on his account. And from the hand of the human being, from the hand of the man who hath shed the blood of his brother, will I require the life of man.

GENESIS 9:6
JPS 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
ONK 9:6 Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, by witnesses, upon the sentence of the judges, his blood shall be shed; because in the image of the Lord⁽⁴⁶⁾ 46. Samaritan Version, "of angels." made He man.
PAL 9:6 Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, the judges, by witnesses, shall condemn him unto death; but he who sheddeth it without witnesses, the Lord of the world will bring punishment on him in the day of the great judgment; because in the image of the Lord He made man.

GENESIS 9:7
JPS 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'
ONK 9:7 And you, spread abroad and multiply; bring forth in the earth and multiply therein.
PAL 9:7 And you, spread yourselves abroad and multiply; bring forth in the earth, and increase in it.

GENESIS 9:8
JPS 9:8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:
ONK 9:8 And the Lord spake to Noach, and to his sons with him, saying,
PAL 9:8 And the Lord spake to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

GENESIS 9:9
JPS 9:9 'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
ONK 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your children after you,
PAL 9:9 I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your children after you;

GENESIS 9:10
JPS 9:10 and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
ONK 9:10 and with every living thing which is with you, of fowl, of cattle, and of eveiy beast of the field that is with you, of all going forth from the ark of every animal of the earth.
PAL 9:10 and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, and of cattle, and of every beast of the earth that is with you, of all that go forth from the ark, of every beast of the earth.

GENESIS 9:11
JPS 9:11 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.'
ONK 9:11 And I will establish My covenant with you, and all flesh shall not again be consumed by the waters of a deluge, nor shall there be again a deluge to destroy the earth.
PAL 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, and will not again cause all flesh to perish by the waters of a flood; and there shall not again be a flood to destroy the earth.

GENESIS 9:12
JPS 9:12 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:
ONK 9:12 And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I appoint (give) between My Word, and between you, and between every living soul that is with you unto perpetual generations.
PAL 9:12 And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I establish between My Word and between you and every living soul that is with you, unto the generations of the world.

GENESIS 9:13
JPS 9:13 I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
ONK 9:13 I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between My Word and between the earth.
PAL 9:13 I have set My Bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between My Word and the earth.

GENESIS 9:14
JPS 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
ONK 9:14 And it shall be that when clouding I becloud the earth, the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
PAL 9:14 And it shall be that when I spread forth My glorious cloud over the earth, the bow shall be seen in the day (time), while the sun is not sunk (or hidden) in a cloud.

GENESIS 9:15
JPS 9:15 that 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.
ONK 9:15 and I will remember the covenant which is between My Word, and between you, and between every living soul of all flesh; and there shall not be again the waters of a deluge to destroy all flesh.
PAL 9:15 And I will remember My covenant which is between My Word and between you and every living soul of all flesh, that there shall not be the waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

GENESIS 9:16
JPS 9:16 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.'
ONK 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between the Word of the Lord and between every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
PAL 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between the Word of the Lord and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.

GENESIS 9:17
JPS 9:17 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.'
ONK 9:17 And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between My Word and between all flesh which is upon the earth.
PAL 9:17 And the Lord said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant that I have covenanted between My Word and between the word of all flesh that is upon the earth.

GENESIS 9:18
JPS 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
ONK 9:18 And the sons of Noach who went forth from the ark were Shem and Cham and Yapheth: and Cham is the father of Kenaan.
PAL 9:18 And the sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Cham, and Japhet; and Cham is the father of Kenaan.

GENESIS 9:19
JPS 9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
ONK 9:19 These three are the sons of Noach, and from them was the whole earth overspread.
PAL 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah, and from them they were spread abroad to dwell in all the earth.

GENESIS 9:20
JPS 9:20 And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
ONK 9:20 And Noach began to be a man working on the earth;⁽⁴⁷⁾ 47. Samaritan, "A man of husbandry." and he planted a vineyard,
PAL 9:20 And Noah began to be a man working in the earth.
JER 9:20 And Noah began to be a righteous man, and he planted a vineyard.

GENESIS 9:21
JPS 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
ONK 9:21 and he drank of the wine,⁽⁴⁸⁾ and was drunk; and he was uncovered in the midst of his tent.
PAL 9:21 And he found a vine which the river had brought away from the garden of Eden; and he planted it in a vineyard, and it flourished in a day; and its grapes became ripe, and he pressed them out. And he drank of the wine⁽³¹⁾ 31. Chamra, "red wine." and was drunken; and he made himself naked in the midst of his tent.

GENESIS 9:22
JPS 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
ONK 9:22 And Cham the father of Kenaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he showed to his two brethren without.
PAL 9:22 And Cham, the father of Kenaan, beheld the nakedness of his father, and showed to his brethren without.

GENESIS 9:23
JPS 9:23 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.
ONK 9:23 And Shem and Yapheth took a mantle, and laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were averted, and the nakedness of their father they saw not.
PAL 9:23 And Shem and Japhet took a mantle, and bare it upon the shoulders of each, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned back, and the nakedness of their father they did not behold.

GENESIS 9:24
JPS 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
ONK 9:24 And Noach awoke from his wine, and knew that which his youngest son had done unto him;
PAL 9:24 And Noach awoke from his wine, and knew, by the relation of a dream, what had been done to him by Cham his son, who was inferior in worth, on the account that he had not begotten a fourth son.

GENESIS 9:25
JPS 9:25 And he said:
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

ONK 9:25 and he said:—
Accursed be Kenaan,
A working servant shall he be to his brethren.

PAL 9:25 And he said, Accursed is Kenaan who is his fourth son, a serving servant shall he be to his brethren.

GENESIS 9:26
JPS 9:26 And he said:
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem;
And let Canaan be their servant.

ONK 9:26 And he said:—
Blessed be the Lord the God of Shem,
And Kenaan shall be servant unto them.

PAL 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, whose work is righteous; and therefore shall Kenaan be servant unto him.

GENESIS 9:27
JPS 9:27
God enlarge Japheth,
And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be their servant.

ONK 9:27
The Lord shall enlarge Yapheth,⁽⁴⁹⁾
And he shall make his Shekinah to dwell in the tabernacles of Shem:
And Kenaan shall be servant unto them.

PAL 9:27 The Lord shall beautify the borders of Japhet, and his sons shall be proselyted and dwell in the schools of Shem, and Kenaan shall be a servant to them.

GENESIS 9:28
JPS 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
ONK 9:28 And Noach lived after the deluge three hundred and fifty years.
PAL 9:28 And Noach lived after the deluge three hundred and fifty years.

GENESIS 9:29
JPS 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
ONK 9:29 And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
PAL 9:29 And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

Genesis 8 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targums TOC Genesis 10

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GENESIS 9:1
JPS	9:1	And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
ONK	9:1	And the Lord blessed Noach and his sons, and said to them, Spread abroad, and multiply, and fill the earth.
PAL	9:1	And the Lord blessed Noah, and his sons, and said to them, Spread forth and multiply, and replenish the earth.

GENESIS 9:2
JPS	9:2	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, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
ONK	9:2	And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heavens, in all which creepeth upon the earth, and in all fish of the sea; into your hands shall they be delivered.
PAL	9:2	And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens; of all that the earth swarmeth forth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

GENESIS 9:3
JPS	9:3	Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
ONK	9:3	Every moving thing that liveth, for you it shall be to eat; as the green herb I have given you the whole.
PAL	9:3	Every moving thing which liveth to you shall be for food: as the green herb have I given to you the whole.

GENESIS 9:4
JPS	9:4	Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
ONK	9:4	But the flesh with its life-blood you shall not eat.
PAL	9:4	But flesh which is torn of the living beast, what time the life is in it, or that torn from a slaughtered animal before all the breath has gone forth, you shall not eat.

GENESIS 9:5
JPS	9:5	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, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
ONK	9:5	And also your blood of your lives will I require, from every beast will I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of the man who sheddeth the blood of his brother will I require the life of man.
PAL	9:5	But the blood of your lives will I require⁽³⁰⁾ 30. Or, "demand retribution." of every animal which hath killed a man, I will require that it be put to death on his account. And from the hand of the human being, from the hand of the man who hath shed the blood of his brother, will I require the life of man.

GENESIS 9:6
JPS	9:6	Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
ONK	9:6	Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, by witnesses, upon the sentence of the judges, his blood shall be shed; because in the image of the Lord⁽⁴⁶⁾ 46. Samaritan Version, "of angels." made He man.
PAL	9:6	Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, the judges, by witnesses, shall condemn him unto death; but he who sheddeth it without witnesses, the Lord of the world will bring punishment on him in the day of the great judgment; because in the image of the Lord He made man.

GENESIS 9:7
JPS	9:7	And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'
ONK	9:7	And you, spread abroad and multiply; bring forth in the earth and multiply therein.
PAL	9:7	And you, spread yourselves abroad and multiply; bring forth in the earth, and increase in it.

GENESIS 9:8
JPS	9:8	And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:
ONK	9:8	And the Lord spake to Noach, and to his sons with him, saying,
PAL	9:8	And the Lord spake to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

GENESIS 9:9
JPS	9:9	'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
ONK	9:9	And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your children after you,
PAL	9:9	I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your children after you;

GENESIS 9:10
JPS	9:10	and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
ONK	9:10	and with every living thing which is with you, of fowl, of cattle, and of eveiy beast of the field that is with you, of all going forth from the ark of every animal of the earth.
PAL	9:10	and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, and of cattle, and of every beast of the earth that is with you, of all that go forth from the ark, of every beast of the earth.

GENESIS 9:11
JPS	9:11	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.'
ONK	9:11	And I will establish My covenant with you, and all flesh shall not again be consumed by the waters of a deluge, nor shall there be again a deluge to destroy the earth.
PAL	9:11	And I will establish my covenant with you, and will not again cause all flesh to perish by the waters of a flood; and there shall not again be a flood to destroy the earth.

GENESIS 9:12
JPS	9:12	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:
ONK	9:12	And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I appoint (give) between My Word, and between you, and between every living soul that is with you unto perpetual generations.
PAL	9:12	And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I establish between My Word and between you and every living soul that is with you, unto the generations of the world.

GENESIS 9:13
JPS	9:13	I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
ONK	9:13	I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between My Word and between the earth.
PAL	9:13	I have set My Bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between My Word and the earth.

GENESIS 9:14
JPS	9:14	And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
ONK	9:14	And it shall be that when clouding I becloud the earth, the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
PAL	9:14	And it shall be that when I spread forth My glorious cloud over the earth, the bow shall be seen in the day (time), while the sun is not sunk (or hidden) in a cloud.

GENESIS 9:15
JPS	9:15	that 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.
ONK	9:15	and I will remember the covenant which is between My Word, and between you, and between every living soul of all flesh; and there shall not be again the waters of a deluge to destroy all flesh.
PAL	9:15	And I will remember My covenant which is between My Word and between you and every living soul of all flesh, that there shall not be the waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

GENESIS 9:16
JPS	9:16	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.'
ONK	9:16	And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between the Word of the Lord and between every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
PAL	9:16	And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between the Word of the Lord and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.

GENESIS 9:17
JPS	9:17	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.'
ONK	9:17	And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between My Word and between all flesh which is upon the earth.
PAL	9:17	And the Lord said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant that I have covenanted between My Word and between the word of all flesh that is upon the earth.

GENESIS 9:18
JPS	9:18	And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
ONK	9:18	And the sons of Noach who went forth from the ark were Shem and Cham and Yapheth: and Cham is the father of Kenaan.
PAL	9:18	And the sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Cham, and Japhet; and Cham is the father of Kenaan.

GENESIS 9:19
JPS	9:19	These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
ONK	9:19	These three are the sons of Noach, and from them was the whole earth overspread.
PAL	9:19	These are the three sons of Noah, and from them they were spread abroad to dwell in all the earth.

GENESIS 9:20
JPS	9:20	And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
ONK	9:20	And Noach began to be a man working on the earth;⁽⁴⁷⁾ 47. Samaritan, "A man of husbandry." and he planted a vineyard,
PAL	9:20	And Noah began to be a man working in the earth.
JER	9:20	And Noah began to be a righteous man, and he planted a vineyard.

GENESIS 9:21
JPS	9:21	And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
ONK	9:21	and he drank of the wine,⁽⁴⁸⁾ and was drunk; and he was uncovered in the midst of his tent.
PAL	9:21	And he found a vine which the river had brought away from the garden of Eden; and he planted it in a vineyard, and it flourished in a day; and its grapes became ripe, and he pressed them out. And he drank of the wine⁽³¹⁾ 31. Chamra, "red wine." and was drunken; and he made himself naked in the midst of his tent.

GENESIS 9:22
JPS	9:22	And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
ONK	9:22	And Cham the father of Kenaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he showed to his two brethren without.
PAL	9:22	And Cham, the father of Kenaan, beheld the nakedness of his father, and showed to his brethren without.

GENESIS 9:23
JPS	9:23	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.
ONK	9:23	And Shem and Yapheth took a mantle, and laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were averted, and the nakedness of their father they saw not.
PAL	9:23	And Shem and Japhet took a mantle, and bare it upon the shoulders of each, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned back, and the nakedness of their father they did not behold.

GENESIS 9:24
JPS	9:24	And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
ONK	9:24	And Noach awoke from his wine, and knew that which his youngest son had done unto him;
PAL	9:24	And Noach awoke from his wine, and knew, by the relation of a dream, what had been done to him by Cham his son, who was inferior in worth, on the account that he had not begotten a fourth son.

GENESIS 9:25
JPS	9:25	And he said: Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
ONK	9:25	and he said:— Accursed be Kenaan, A working servant shall he be to his brethren.
PAL	9:25	And he said, Accursed is Kenaan who is his fourth son, a serving servant shall he be to his brethren.

GENESIS 9:26
JPS	9:26	And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant.
ONK	9:26	And he said:— Blessed be the Lord the God of Shem, And Kenaan shall be servant unto them.
PAL	9:26	And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, whose work is righteous; and therefore shall Kenaan be servant unto him.

GENESIS 9:27
JPS	9:27	God enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant.
ONK	9:27	The Lord shall enlarge Yapheth,⁽⁴⁹⁾ And he shall make his Shekinah to dwell in the tabernacles of Shem: And Kenaan shall be servant unto them.
PAL	9:27	The Lord shall beautify the borders of Japhet, and his sons shall be proselyted and dwell in the schools of Shem, and Kenaan shall be a servant to them.

GENESIS 9:28
JPS	9:28	And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
ONK	9:28	And Noach lived after the deluge three hundred and fifty years.
PAL	9:28	And Noach lived after the deluge three hundred and fifty years.

GENESIS 9:29
JPS	9:29	And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
ONK	9:29	And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
PAL	9:29	And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.