1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.
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.
5 If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life.