Genesis 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

of. Genitive of Apposition (App-17). "blood, [that is] your lives.

lives. souls. Plural of Hebrew. nephesh.

hand of every beast. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6).

Genesis 9:5

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.