Genesis 9:5-7
Expanded Bible
5 I will ·demand [require; L seek] blood for life. I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.
6 “Whoever ·kills [L sheds the blood of] a human being
will ·be killed [L have his blood shed] by a human being,
because God made humans
in ·his own image [L the image of God; 1:26–27].
7 “As for you, Noah, ·I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many [L be fruitful and multiply, swarm/teem over the earth and multiply on it; 9:1].”
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Genesis 9:5-7
New International Version
5 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)
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;(D)
for in the image of God(E)
has God made mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(F)
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