UGenesise 8:15-22

UNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuNowa wathi: Phuma emkhunjini, wena nomkakho namadodana akho nabafazi bamadodana akho kanye nawe. Zikhiphe kanye nawe zonke izilwane ezinawe, kuyo yonke inyama, ezinyonini, nasezinkomeni, nakuzo zonke izilwane ezinwabuzelayo emhlabeni; ukuze zande emhlabeni, zande, zande emhlabeni. Waphuma uNowa namadodana akhe, nomkakhe, nabafazi bamadodana akhe kanye naye. Zonke izilwane, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo, nazo zonke izinyoni, nakho konke okuhuquzelayo emhlabeni, ngezinhlobo zazo, kwaphuma emkhunjini. UNowa wamakhela uJehova i-altare; wathatha kuzo zonke izilwane ezihlambulukileyo nakuzo zonke izinyoni ezihlambulukileyo, wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa e-altare. INkosi yezwa iphunga elimnandi; uJehova wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Angisayikuwuqalekisa umhlaba ngenxa yomuntu; ngokuba imicabango yenhliziyo yomuntu mibi kwasebusheni bakhe; futhi angisayikuphinda ngishaye zonke izinto eziphilayo njengoba ngenzile. Umhlaba usekhona, ukuhlwanyela nokuvuna, amakhaza, nokushisa, nehlobo, nobusika, nemini nobusuku, akuyikunqamuka.