5. But for your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; from every animal will I require it; of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life, of every man for that of his fellow man.
6. Whoever sheds the blood of man,by man shall his blood be shed;for God made manin His own image.
7. And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly in the earth and multiply in it.”
8. Again God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9. “As for Me, I establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
10. and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
11. I establish My covenant with you. Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood. Never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”