Genesis 9:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 9:5

3 ^aEvery moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you ^ball things, even as the ^cgreen herbs.

4 ^aBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; ^afrom the hand of every beast I will require it, and ^bfrom the hand of man. From the hand of every ^cman’s brother I will require the life of man.

6 “Whoever ^asheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
^bFor in the image of God
He made man.

7 And as for you, ^abe fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:

9 “And as for Me, ^abehold, I establish ^bMy covenant with you and with your¹ descendants after you,

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Definitions of words in Genesis 9:5:

Beast {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Beast {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Brother {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Brother {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Demand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hand {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Life {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Life {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Require {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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