genesis 9:5 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.

genesis 9:5 "And surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from [every] man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man.

5. surely your blood of your lives will I require--The fourth part establishes a new power for protecting life--the institution of the civil magistrate (Ro 13:4), armed with public and official authority to repress the commission of violence and crime. Such a power had not previously existed in patriarchal society.

genesis 9:5 "And surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from [every] man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man.

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