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.”