[9:3] 1 tn Heb “every moving thing that lives for you will be for food.”
[9:3] 2 tn The words “I gave you” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[9:3] 3 tn The perfect verb form describes the action that accompanies the declaration.
[9:6] 4 tn Heb “the blood of man.”
[9:6] 5 tn Heb “by man,” a generic term here for other human beings.
[9:6] 6 sn See the notes on the words “humankind” and “likeness” in Gen 1:26, as well as J. Barr, “The Image of God in the Book of Genesis – A Study of Terminology,” BJRL 51 (1968/69): 11-26.
[9:6] 7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.