Life in Genesis 9:4
In the previous article entitled origin of sexual immorality , a question was raised, which is substantially-whether or not the word "life" stated in Genesis 9:4 refers only to "human" to the exclusion of "animal" life. For reference, the verse is restated herein, to wit; 4The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it. I forbid this because the life is in the blood.( Genesis 9:4, TEV ) Life is presently understood to include animal life. This understanding is also reinforced by science today. Is it so in Genesis 9:4? But first, what is the materiality of the meaning of life in second sentence in the interpretation of the verse. It is material to the interpretation because, logically, if only human life is being referred in the statement, then, it would follow that the meat and blood mentioned in the first sentence would likewise belong to human, not to animal. Since verse 4 does not specifically menti...