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Genesis 9:5-7
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 9:5-7
New American Standard Bible
5 I certainly will require [a](A)your lifeblood; [b](B)from every animal I will require it. And [c]from every person, [d]from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.
6 (C)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (D)in the image of God
He made mankind.
7 As for you, (E)be fruitful and multiply;
[e]Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:7 Lit Swarm in the earth
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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