Genesis 9:12

Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.

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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

11In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”

13I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:17Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”

Exodus 12:13The blood on the houses where you live will mark them out. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. No deathly plague will fall on you to destroy you when I attack Egypt.

Joshua 2:12So now promise me in the name of the Lord that because I have acted in good faith to you, then you will do the same for my family. Give me some sign that I can trust you,

1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I passed on to you: the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed took some 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 →

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