Genesis 9:1-7 (NIV) Then God
blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them,
"Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon
all the beasts of the earth and all the
birds of the air, upon every creature that
moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything
that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I
gave you the green plants, I now give you
everything. 4 But you must not eat meat that
has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will
demand an accounting from every animal. And
from each man, too, I will demand an accounting
for the life of his fellow man. 6 Whoever sheds the
blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in
the image of God has God made man. 7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on
the earth and increase upon it."