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Genesis
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 9 [Context] [Commentary] 
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And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full. |
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And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands. |
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Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things. |
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But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food. |
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And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man. |
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Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image. |
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And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number. |
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And God said to Noah and to his sons, |
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Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you, |
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And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you. |
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And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction. |
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And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations: |
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I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth. |
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And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud, |
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And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh. |
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And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth. |
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And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth. |
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