1. God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.
2. Every animal on earth, every bird in the air, every animal that crawls on the ground, and every fish in the sea will be afraid of you. All of them will be under your control.
3. In the past, I gave you the green plants to eat. Now every animal will also be food for you. I give you everything on earth—it is yours.
4. But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
5. Also, I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any person or animal that takes a human life.
6. “God made humans to be like himself. So whoever kills a person must be killed by another person.
7. “Have many children and fill the earth with your people.”
8. Then God said to Noah and his sons,
9. “I now make my promise to you and to your people who will live after you.
10. I make my promise to all the birds, and to all the cattle, and to all the animals that came out of the boat with you. I make my promise to every living thing on earth.