King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 9:5
“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.”
Verse in context — Genesis 9
3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4
But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
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Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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