Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
In Context
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply thereon.
Cross References
Genesis 1:27And God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:
Exodus 21:12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 17:4And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it as an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord: as blood-guiltiness shall it be imputed unto that man, blood hath he shed; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
Numbers 35:16And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33And ye shall not defile the land wherein ye are; for the blood it is which defileth the land: and no atonement can be made unto the land for the blood which hath been shed therein, except through the blood of him that hath shed it.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 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… Read the whole commentary →