Genesis 9:1-7
King James Version
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1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.Select Genesis 9:1
2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.Select Genesis 9:2
3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.Select Genesis 9:3
4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.Select Genesis 9:4
5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.Select Genesis 9:5
6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.Select Genesis 9:6
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.Select Genesis 9:7
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,Select Genesis 9:8
9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;Select Genesis 9:9
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WEB
9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
9:3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
9:4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
9:5 I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
9:6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
9:7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
ASV
9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.
9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
9:5 And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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