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Genesis 9:6-8
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Genesis 9:6-8
Contemporary English Version
5-6 (A) I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.
7 (B) I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.
8 Again, God said to Noah and his sons:
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Genesis 9:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 9:6-8
New International Version
6 “Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;(A)
for in the image of God(B)
has God made mankind.
7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(C)
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
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