1. Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.
2. Every animal on earth, every bird in the sky, every animal that crawls on the ground, and every fish in the sea will respect and fear you. I have given them to you.
3. “Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food.
4. But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.
5. I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.
6. “Whoever kills a human beingwill be killed by a human being,because God made humansin his own image.
7. “As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many.”
8. Then God said to Noah and his sons,
9. “Now I am making my agreement with you and your people who will live after you,
10. and with every living thing that is with you—the birds, the tame and the wild animals, and with everything that came out of the boat with you—with every living thing on earth.