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NASB | Genesis 9:4 "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 9:4 "But you shall not eat meat along with its life, that is, its blood. [Lev 7:26; Acts 15:20; 21:25] |
Bible Question: Help me understand the word lifeblood and its meaning. I could eat flesh as long as it doesnt have blood in it is how I read it and all flesh has blood in it. |
Bible Answer: Tony 72 God started to reveal in Genesis 9:3,4 and expanded upon the revelation in Lev. 17:10 that the life of the flesh is in the blood. These many thousands of years later, we know scientifically that without blood circulating through the circulatory system of our body, you're dead regardless of the condition of your other vital organs. You can survive for a while without some of the other organs, but nothing survives long without the blood. I interpret lifeblood as that blood which can be evacuated by a pumping heart. |