# for your blood, the life that is in your blood "if anyone causes your blood to pour out" or "if anyone spills your blood" or "if anyone kills you" # life This refers to physical life. # I will require payment "I will require anyone who kills you to pay" # From the hand of every animal I will require it "I will require any animal that takes your life to pay" # From the hand of any man, that is, from the hand of one who has murdered his brother, I will require an accounting for the life of that man "I will require anyone who takes the life of another person to pay" # From the hand of "From that very man" # brother Here "brother" is used as a general reference to relatives, such as members of the same tribe, clan, or people group.