Genesis 9:6 establishes capital punishment as God’s mandate, grounded in the image of God and expressed through Hebrew chiastic parallelism.
Genesis 9:6 – The Sanctity of Human Life and the Mandate of Justice
Genesis 9:6 OTBDC: The Death Penalty: Is It Biblical?
Capital punishment, rooted in Genesis 9:6, is a divine mandate upholding the sanctity of life and authorized by God for governments to carry out justice.
