Genesis 9:6

Genesis 9:6 in other translations

What does Genesis 9:6 mean?

Genesis 9:6 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Genesis 9:6

• Leviticus 24:17

  And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

• Matthew 26:52

  Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

• Revelation 13:10

  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

• Exodus 21:12-14

  He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

• Numbers 35:33

  So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

• Genesis 1:26-27

  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

• James 3:9

  Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

• Genesis 5:1

  This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

• Genesis 4:14

  Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

• 1 Kings 2:28-34

  Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. …

• Romans 13:4

  For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

• Leviticus 17:4

  And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

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Context

• Genesis 9:5

  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.

• Genesis 9:6

  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

• Genesis 9:7

  And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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