Common English Bible

Genesis 9:1-4 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the earth.

2. All of the animals on the earth will fear you and dread you—all the birds in the skies, everything crawling on the ground, and all of the sea’s fish. They are in your power.

3. Everything that lives and moves will be your food. Just as I gave you the green grasses, I now give you everything.

4. However, you must not eat meat with its life, its blood, in it.