Genesis 9:4
“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.”
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Genesis 9:4 Context
2And the feare of you, & the dread of you shall be vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire, vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they deliuered. 3Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things. 4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate. 5And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man. 6Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Other Translations for Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- King James Version
"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, {that is,} its blood.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But flesh with the life thereof, `which is' the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
- Basic English Bible
Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.
- Darby Bible
But flesh with the life of it, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.
- Webster's Bible
But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
- World English Bible
only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 9:4
9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat - Blood made atonement for the soul, #Lev 17:11|. The life of the sacrifice was accepted for the life of the sinner. Blood must not be looked upon as a common thing, but must be poured out before the Lord, #2Sam 23:16|. Mr. Henry indeed has a strange conceit, That this is only a prohibition to eat flesh. This does such apparent violence to the text, that to mention it, is sufficient.