Genesis 9:1-3

New International Reader's Version

God Makes a Covenant With Noah

9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons. He said to them, “Have children so that there are many of you. Fill the earth. ² All the land animals will be afraid of you. All the birds in the sky will be afraid of you. Every creature that moves along the ground will be afraid of you. So will every fish in the seas. Every living thing is put under your control. ³ Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. I have already given you the green plants for food. Now I am giving you everything.