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.