Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Genesis 8
²¹ The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
²² "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease."
Genesis 9
¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
² The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.
³ Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.
⁴ Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
⁵ Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
⁶ "Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
⁷ "As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."
⁸ Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
⁹ "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;