God s Covenant With Noah

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them the word of light
“Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth
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
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you
Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Look around

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting
I will demand an accounting from every animal
And from each human being, too, I mean it

I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed
For in the image of God has God made mankind
I demand it as for me it’s clearly seen

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number
Multiply on the earth and increase upon it”
With this I give you my word
And after-flood people will descendants outnumber

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him
“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
And with every living creature that was with you—
That was with you and that fact I’ve seen

The birds, the livestock and all the wild animals
All those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth
I establish my covenant with you:
Never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth”

Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making
Between me and you and every living creature with you,
A covenant for all generations to come, it’s my responsibility that I’m taking:

I have set my rainbow in the clouds
And it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds
I will remember my covenant to go forth

The covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind
Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds
I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant

The covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth”
So God said to Noah
“This is the sign of the covenant I have established
Between me and all life on the earth”