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What does Genesis 9:8 mean?

"God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,"

— Genesis 9:8 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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I will surely require your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

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Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

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Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”

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God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

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“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

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and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.

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I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

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