Genesis 9:6-8

Contemporary English Version

^5-6 (A) I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.

^7 (B) I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.

⁸ Again, God said to Noah and his sons: