Genesis 9:5
“And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.”
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Genesis 9:5 Context
3Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things. 4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate. 5And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man. 6Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. 7And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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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.
- King James Version
"Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from {every} man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man.
- New American Standard Version (1995)