Genesis 9:1-17.

Genesis 9:1-17 (Good News Translation)

          1God blessed Noah and his sons and said,
         "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all
over the earth.
          2All the animals, birds, and fish will live in fear of you.
They are all placed under your power.
          3Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all
to you for food.

          4The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it;
I forbid this because the life is in the blood.
          5If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish
with death any animal that takes a human life.

          6Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of
them will be killed by someone else.


          7"You must have many children, so that your descendants will
live all over the earth."
          8God said to Noah and his sons,

          9I am now making my covenant with you and with your
descendants,
          10and with all living beings—all birds and all
animals—everything that came out of the boat with you.
          11With these words I make my covenant with you: I promise that
never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again
will a flood destroy the earth.
          12As a sign of this everlasting covenant which I am making with
you and with all living beings,
          13I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my
covenant with the world.
          14Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears,
          15I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that
a flood will never again destroy all living beings.
          16When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and
remember the everlasting covenant between me and all living beings on
earth.
          17That is the sign of the promise which I am making to all
living beings.
         "
God bless you.