8 Kepha uNowa wayetholile umusa emehlweni kaJehova.
9 Lokhu kuyizizukulwane zikaNowa. UNowa wayeyindoda eqotho, engenacala esizukulwaneni sakhe; uNowa wayehamba noNkulunkulu.
10 UNowa wazala amadodana amathathu: ngoShemi, noHamu, noJafete.
11 Umhlaba wawonakele ebusweni bukaJehova; umhlaba wagcwala ubudlwangudlwangu.
12 UNkulunkulu wabona ukuthi umhlaba wonakele, ngokuba inyama yonke yayonakalisile indlela yayo emhlabeni.
13 UNkulunkulu wathi kuNowa: “Ukuphela kwenyama yonke kufikile phambi kwami, ngokuba umhlaba ugcwele ubudlwangudlwangu ngenxa yabantu; bheka, ngiyakubachitha kanye nomhlaba.
14 Yakha umkhumbi ngemithi yegofere,* wenze amakamelo emkhunjini, uwuhuqe ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngekolitayi.*