Surely I will require [a](A)your lifeblood; [b](B)from every beast I will require it. And [c]from every man, [d]from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

(C)Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (D)in the image of God
He made man.
“As for you, (E)be fruitful and multiply;
[e]Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
  2. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  3. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  4. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  5. Genesis 9:7 Lit Swarm in the earth

And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(A) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(B) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(C)

“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;(D)
for in the image of God(E)
    has God made mankind.

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(F)

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