# Genesis 9.5-6 **Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all. 4. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. > > **5. And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.** > > 7. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8. And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, (Genesis 9:3-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 3. Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. 4. But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat. > > **5. I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. 6. Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.** > > 7. Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.” 8. God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, (Genesis 9:3-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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 thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. > > **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. 6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.** > > 7. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8. And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, (Genesis 9:3-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 3. Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; 4. only flesh in its life, its blood, ye do not eat. > > **5. 'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; 6. whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.** > > 7. And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.' 8. And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying, (Genesis 9:3-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from the Mirror-Recognition Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-mirror-recognition-convergence/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-trans-instinctual-agency-convergence/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Evidential Problem of Evil Defeater](/codex/evidential-problem-of-evil-defeater/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) **Concepts:** - [Biblical Dignity](/codex/biblical-dignity/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Divine Wipeouts and Their Justification](/codex/divine-wipeouts-and-their-justification/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Imago Dei](/codex/genesis-1-27/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Morality](/codex/morality/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) **Lexicon:** - [G1504 - eikon](/codex/g1504-eikon/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) - [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/) - [H1285 - berith](/codex/h1285-berith/), via [Genesis 9.1-17](/codex/genesis-9-1-17/) - [H1818 - dam](/codex/h1818-dam/), via [Genesis 9.4-6](/codex/genesis-9-4-6/) - [H6754 - tselem](/codex/h6754-tselem/), via [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.