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God makes a covenant with Noah: He and his descendants are free to eat meat, the animals will fear man; and man is forbidden to eat "flesh with its life, that is, its blood." God forbids murder, and gives a commandment: "Be fruitful and multiply." As a sign of His covenant, He sets the rainbow in the sky. Noah's son Ham sees his father naked and informs his brothers, who cover Noah while averting their eyes. Noah curses Ham's son Canaan, while giving his blessing to Shem and Japheth. Noah dies 350 years after the Flood, at the age of 950.
PEOPLE: God, Noah, sons of Noah, Canaan
PLACES: no locations mentioned
RELATED ARTICLES: Noach (parsha) - Noahic covenant
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