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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 9, Verse 6

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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.
King James Version
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
American Standard Version
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.
New English Translation
“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
World English Bible
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
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And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
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And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:
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I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
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And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
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And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.