Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 9:17And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Exodus 12:13And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where ye are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Joshua 2:12Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a TRUE token,
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:9-12
God's Covenant with Noah. ( b. c. 2347.) 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a… Read the whole commentary →