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Genesis 9:4-12 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

4. Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

5. And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

6. Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

7. And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.

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

9. And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10. and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark--every animal of the earth.

11. And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.

12. And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:

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