This legal principle had to be satisfied if any of Adam and Eve’s hapless descendants were ever to receive endless life on a paradise earth, as the Creator had purposed for the human family.
بدین نحو توانست برابری‌ای به وجود آورد که بعدها اساس اصل کیفری را در شریعت موسی تشکیل داد ؛‏ به عبارت دیگر ،‏ جان به عوض جان ،‏ چشم به چشم و غیره .‏