Genesis 9:12

Then God said, “I am going to put a rainbow up in the sky. It will be a sign for everyone that I have made a strong promise to you and to everything that lives on the earth. That promise will last forever.

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In The King James Version

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

In Context

11This is my promise. I will never again send a flood that kills everything.”

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Cross References

Genesis 9:17Then God said to Noah, “This is very important. That rainbow will show us that I made this promise to every living thing that lives on the earth.”

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 →

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