But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, (A)its blood. I certainly will require [a](B)your lifeblood; [b](C)from every animal I will require it. And [c]from every person, [d]from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.

(D)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (E)in the image of God
He made mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
  2. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  3. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
  4. Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of

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