Genesis 9:1-13 ▼

1 And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.

2 Also the feare of you, and the dread of you shalbe vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery foule of the heauen, vpon all that moueth on the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they deliuered.

3 Euery thing that moueth and liueth, shall be meate for you: as the greene herbe, haue I giuen you all things.

4 But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.

5 For surely I will require your blood, wherein your liues are: at the hand of euery beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, euen at the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man.

6 Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.

7 But bring ye forth fruite & multiplie: grow plentifully in the earth, and increase therein.

8 God spake also to Noah & to his sonnes with him, saying,

9 Behold, I, euen I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you,

10 And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.

11 And my couenant will I establish with you, that from henceforth all flesh shall not be rooted out by ye waters of the flood, neither shall there be a flood to destroy the earth any more.

12 Then God saide, This is the token of the couenant which I make betweene me and you, and betweene euery liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetuall generations.

13 I haue set my bowe in the cloude, and it shalbe for a signe of the couenant betweene me and the earth.