Genesis 9:5

for Y schal seke the blood of youre lyues of the hoond of alle vnresonable beestis and of the hoond of man, of the hoond of man and of hys brother Y schal seke the lijf of man.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4outakun that ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood,

6Who euere schedith out mannus blood, his blood schal be sched; for man is maad to the ymage of God.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:22Of which oon, Ruben, seide, Whether Y seide not to yow, Nyle ye do synne ayens the child, and ye herden not me? lo! his blood is souyt.

Exodus 21:12He that smytith a man, and wole sle, die bi deeth;

Leviticus 19:16Thou schalt not be a sclaunderere, nether a priuey bacbitere in the puplis; thou schalt not stonde ayens the blood of thi neiybore + 19:16 Thou schalt not stonde ayenus the blood of thi neiybore, ioynyng thee with hem that ymagynen the deth of the innocent. ; Y am the Lord.

Leviticus 24:21He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid. + 24:21 be punyschid, in Ebreu it is, die.

Numbers 35:17If he castith a stoon, and a man is deed bi the strook, he schal be punyschid in lijk maner.

Numbers 35:21ether whanne he was enemy, smoot with hond, and he is deed, the smytere schal be gilti of mansleyng. The kynesman `of him that is slayn, anoon as he findith him, `that is, the sleere, schal sle hym.

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 →

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