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Genesis 9:1-7

1AndGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430blessedH1288Noahנֹ֖חַNo.achH5146andhissonsבָּנָ֑יוba.NavH1121,andsaidH559untothem,Befruitfulפְּר֥וּpe.RuH6509,andmultiplyוּרְב֖וּu.re.VuH7235,andreplenishtheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

2Andthefearוּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤םu.mo.ra.'a.KhemH4172ofyouandthedreadofyoushallbeיִֽהְיֶ֔הyih.YehH1961uponeverybeastoftheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,anduponeverybirdע֣וֹףofH5775oftheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;withallwherewiththegroundH776teemeth,andallthefishesoftheseaהַיָּ֖םhai.YamH3220,intoyourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֥םbe.yed.KhemH3027aretheydelivered.

3Everymovingthingרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙Re.mesH7431thatlivethshallbeH1961foodלְאָכְלָ֑הle.'okh.LahH402foryou;asthegreenherbhaveIgivenנָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414youall.

4Butfleshבָּשָׂ֕רba.SarH1320withthelifeבְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹbe.naf.ShoH5315thereof, whichisthebloodדָמ֖וֹda.MoH1818thereof,shallyenoteatתֹאכֵֽלוּ׃to.Khe.luH398.

5AndsurelyH389yourbloodדִּמְכֶ֤םdim.KhemH1818,thebloodH1818ofyourlivesH5315,willIrequireH1875;atthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027ofeverybeastwillIrequireH1875it:andatthehandוּמִיַּ֣דu.mi.YadH3027ofmanH376,evenatthehandמִיַּד֙mi.YadH3027ofeveryman’sH376brotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251,willIrequireH1875thelifeH5315ofmanH376.

6Whoso sheddethman’sH120bloodדַּ֣םdamH1818,bymanH120shallhisbloodדָּמ֣וֹda.MoH1818beshedH8210:forintheimageבְּצֶ֣לֶםbe.Tze.lemH6754ofGodאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430madeH6213hemanH120.

7Andyou,beyefruitfulפְּר֣וּpe.RuH6509,andmultiplyוּרְב֑וּu.re.VuH7235; bring forthabundantlyintheearthבָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retzH776,andmultiplyוּרְבוּ־u.re.vu-H7235therein.

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