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Genesis 9:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 9:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 (A)[a]But flesh with the life thereof, I mean, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 [b]For surely I will require your blood, wherein your lives are: at the hands of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of a man’s [c]brother will I require the life of man.
6 Who so (B)sheddeth man’s blood, [d]by man shall his blood be shed: (C)for in the [e]image of God hath he made man.
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- Genesis 9:4 That is, living creatures, and the flesh of beasts that are strangled: and hereby all cruelty is forbidden.
- Genesis 9:5 That is, I will take vengeance for your blood.
- Genesis 9:5 Or, neighbor.
- Genesis 9:6 Not only by the magistrate, but oft times God raiseth up one murderer to kill another.
- Genesis 9:6 Therefore to kill man is to deface God’s image, and so injury is not only done to man, but also to God.
Genesis 9:4-6
New International Version
Genesis 9:4-6
New International Version
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(B) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(C) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(D)
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