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Genesis 9:5-7
Good News Translation
Genesis 9:5-7
Good News Translation
5 If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life. 6 (A)Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
7 (B)“You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.”
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Genesis 9:5-7
New International Version
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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