King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful , and multiply, and replenish the earth.

KJVu: 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.

KJV:   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, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.

KJVu: 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea . They are delivered into your hand.

KJV:   3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

KJVu: 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you . Just as I gave you the green herb , I now give you all things.

KJV:   4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

KJVu: 4 But YOU shall not eat flesh with its life, which is the blood.

KJV:   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 ; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

KJVu: 5 Surely, the blood of your life I will require . At the hand of every beast I will require it, and at the hand of man . At the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

KJV:   6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.

KJVu: 6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed . For God made man in his own image.

KJV:   7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

KJVu: 7 And YOU, be fruitful, multiply and bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply on it."

KJV:   8 And God spake unto Noah , and to his sons with him, saying,

KJVu: 8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

KJV:   9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ;

KJVu: 9 "Behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you ,

KJV:   10 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.

KJVu: 10 and with every living creature that is with you, birds, cattle and every beast of the earth with you . From all that went out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

KJV:   11 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.

KJVu: 11 I will establish my covenant with you . Neither shall all flesh be cut off again by floodwaters, nor shall there ever be a flood that destroys the earth again.

KJV:   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 :

KJVu: 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations .

Notes: "Token" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H226 with a Strong’s definition of "a sign."

KJV:   13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

KJVu: 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

Notes: "Bow" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7198 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "2 rainbow: אֲשַׁר יִהְיֶה בֶעָנָן בְּיוֺם הַנֶּשֶׁם ׳כְּמַרְאֵה הַקּ Ezekiel 1:28; Genesis 9:13."

KJV:   14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud :

KJVu: 14 It shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud .

KJV:   15 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.

KJVu: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh . The waters will never again be used to destroy all flesh in a flood.

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud , and I will look on it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. "

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth. "

KJV:   18 And the sons of Noah , that went forth of the ark , were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan.

KJVu: 18 The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth . Ham is the father of Canaan.

KJV:   19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread.

KJVu: 19 These are the three sons of Noah and from them the whole earth was dispersed.

Notes: "Overspread" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5310 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "Genesis 9:19 (J) thence dispersed all (the population of) the earth."

KJV:   20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard :

KJVu: 20 And Noah began farming and he planted a vineyard .

Notes: "Husbandman" highlighted in the KJV verse is made up of Strong’s H376 with a Strong’s definition of "man", and Strong’s H127 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of " Genesis 9:20 (J) tiller, husbandman; meton." A man that tills the ground, is a "farmer" as "husbandman" defined is defined in Websters 1828 Dictionary is "HUS’BANDMAN, n. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground; one who labors in tillage. In America, where men generally own the land on which they labor,the proprietor of a farm is also a laborer or husbandman; but the word includes the lessee and the owner."

KJV:   21 And he drank of the wine , and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

KJVu: 21 And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.

KJV:   22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

KJVu: 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Notes:

KJV:   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.

KJVu: 23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered their naked father . Their faces were backward, so they did not see their father naked.

Notes: "Went" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3212 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "A primitive root (compare halak); to walk (literally or figuratively)."

KJV:   24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

KJVu: 24 Noah awoke from his wine and knew, what his younger son had done to him.

KJV:   25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

KJVu: 25 And he said, "Cursed be Canaan . A servant of servants he shall be to his brothers."

KJV:   26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant.

KJVu: 26 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem . Canaan shall be his servant.

KJV:   27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant.

KJVu: 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem . Canaan shall be his servant. "

KJV:   28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

KJVu: 28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

KJV:   29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died.

KJVu: 29 All the days of Noah were 950 years , and he died.