Genesis 9:6
He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.
Cross References
Genesis 1:27And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him,—Male and female, created he, them.
Genesis 5:1This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when 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, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, bringeth it not in, to present it as an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood, shall be imputed to that man—blood, hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people:
Numbers 35:16If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,—a manslayer, shall surely die.
Numbers 35:33So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that 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 →