[a]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 [b]brother will I require the life of man.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:5 That is, I will take vengeance for your blood.
  2. Genesis 9:5 Or, neighbor.

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)

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