2. And the fear of you and the dread and terror of you shall be upon every beast of the land, every bird of the air, all that creeps upon the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are delivered into your hand.
3. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green vegetables and plants, I give you everything.
4. But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.
5. And surely for your lifeblood I will require an accounting; from every beast I will require it; and from man, from every man [who spills another's lifeblood] I will require a reckoning.
6. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
7. And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.
8. Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9. Behold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you
10. And with every living creature that is with you–whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark–every animal of the earth.
11. I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt.
12. And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
13. I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth.