Genesis 9:5
And also your blood of your lives will I require, from every beast will I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of the man who sheddeth the blood of his brother will I require the life of man.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
4But the flesh with its life-blood you shall not eat.
Cross References
Genesis 42:22And Reuben answered them, saying, Did not I tell you, saying, Do not sin against the youth? But you, would not hearken. Thus, behold, his blood is required.
Exodus 21:12Whosoever striketh a man and killeth him, being killed he shall be killed.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not make false accusations against thy people, neither stand against thy neighbour’s blood: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 24:21And he who killeth a beast shall make it good; but he who killeth a man shall be pat to death.
Numbers 35:17Or, if with a stone which he carried in his hand, that he who was struck with it should die, he who killed him is a murderer, and the murderer is to be surely put to death.
Numbers 35:21Or in enmity smote him with his hand and killed him, the smiter is a murderer, he shall be surely put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the slayer when he is condemned.
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 →