Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds a person’s blood, by people will their blood be shed; for God made people in his own image.
Open English Bible (US)
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
7But you are to bear children and repopulate the whole earth and subdue it.”
Cross References
Genesis 1:27So God created humans in his image, he created them in the image of God. He created them male and female.
Genesis 5:1This is the list of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created human beings, he made them in his own image.
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 →