Genesis 9:6

Genesis 9:6

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,

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Whoso sheddeth man's blood . . . for in the image of God made he man—It is true that image has been injured by the fall, but it is not lost. In this view, a high value is attached to the life of every man, even the poorest and humblest, and an awful criminality is involved in the destruction of it.

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