God spoke to Noach and to his sons with him, saying,
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Avram, saying, *To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Perat:
Be fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.*
*As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,