Genesis 9:4

The Seventh Commandment

• §2417Article 7 · The Seventh CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “God entrusted animals to the stewardship of those whom he created in his own image.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:19-20; 9:1-4.

In the Old Testament

• §2569Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

  Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.

John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.27Book IV

  “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, for his blood his own shall be shed, for in the image of God made I man.” — editor's note: Gen. ix. 3, 4, 5, 6.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 51

  “And surely your blood will I require at the hand of every man that sheddeth it; for in the image of God have I made man.”” — editor's note: Gen. ix. 4–6; substantially as in A.V.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Fasting Chapter 4

  “…‘They shall be to you for food: just like grassy vegetables have I given (them) you universally: but flesh in the blood of its own soul shall ye not eat.’” — editor's note: See Gen. ix. 2–5 (in LXX.).

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• Luke 12:48

  Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.

• Genesis 1:29

  Cited together in On Fasting Chapter 4.

• Genesis 2:19

  Cited together in Catechism §2417.

• Genesis 2:20

  Cited together in Catechism §2417.