Genesis 9:1-11

1Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

3You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

4But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.

5For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

6“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

8God said to Noah and his sons,

9“Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

10and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature of the earth.

11I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”