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Genesis 8:20-9:7
English Standard Version
Genesis 8:20-9:7
English Standard Version
God's Covenant with Noah
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled (A)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again (B)curse[a] the ground because of man, for (C)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. (D)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 (E)While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, (F)day and night, shall not cease.”
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, (G)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 (H)The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3 (I)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And (J)as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its (K)life, that is, its blood. 5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (L)from every beast I will require it and (M)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (N)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(O)for God made man in his own image.
7 And you,[b] be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 8:21 Or dishonor
- Genesis 9:7 In Hebrew you is plural
Genesis 8:20-9:7
New International Version
Genesis 8:20-9:7
New International Version
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(A) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(B) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(C) on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(D) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(E) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(F) And never again will I destroy(G) all living creatures,(H) as I have done.
22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(I)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(J)
day and night
will never cease.”(K)
God’s Covenant With Noah
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(L) 2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(M) 3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(N) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(O)
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(P) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(Q) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(R) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(S)
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;(T)
for in the image of God(U)
has God made mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(V)
Footnotes
- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
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