Genesis 9:1-13 ▼

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

2 The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every animal of the earth and on every bird of the sky; on everything that crawls on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea. They are handed over to you.

3 Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given everything to you, as I gave the green plant.

4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5 I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.

6 “Whoever sheds human blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made mankind.

7 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

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

9 “Now behold, I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, every animal of the earth.

11 I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;

13 I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.