Genesis 9:1-10

1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth. 1
2 All the animals, birds, and fish will live in fear of you. They are all placed under your power.
3 Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.
4 The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood. 2
5 If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life.
6 Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else. 3
7 "You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth." 4
8 God said to Noah and his sons,
9 "I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants,
10 and with all living beings - all birds and all animals - everything that came out of the boat with you.

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Cross References 4

  • 1. 9.1Genesis 1.28.
  • 2. 9.4Leviticus 7.26, 27; 17.10-14; 19.26;Deuteronomy 12.16, 23; 15.23.
  • 3. 9.6Exodus 20.13;Genesis 1.26.
  • 4. 9.7Genesis 1.28.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.