8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.1 And when they were in the field, Cain rose up oagainst his brother Abel and pkilled him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of qyour brother’s blood is rcrying to me from the ground.
Genesis 9:5–6
5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: afrom every beast I will require it and from man. bFrom his fellow man I will crequire a reckoning for the life of man.
6 d“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
efor God made man in his own image.
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