Genesis 9:6
Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth manʼs blood), 1 by man shall his dahm be shed; 1 for in the tzelem Elohim 1 made He man.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 ha'aretz, and multiply therein.
Cross References
Genesis 1:27So G-d created humankind in His own tzelem, 1 in the tzelem Elohim (image of G-d) created He him; 1 zachar (male) and nekevah (female) created He them.
Genesis 5:1This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him;
Exodus 21:12He that strikes down an ish, so that the ish die, shall be surely put to death.
Leviticus 17:4And bringeth it not unto the petach (entrance) of the Ohel Mo'ed, to offer a korban unto Hashem before the Mishkan of Hashem, [shefach] dahm ([shedding] of blood) shall be imputed unto that man; he hath committed shefach dahm; and that man shall be cut off + 17:4 See Dan 9:26 regarding Moshiach from among his people;
Numbers 35:16And if he strike him with keli barzel, so that he die, he is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute HaAretz wherein ye are; for dahm pollutes HaAretz; and kapporah cannot be made for HaAretz for the shefach dahm therein, except by the dahm of him that committed shefach dahm (shedding of blood).
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 →