Genesis 9:17

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

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In The King James Version

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

In Context

16I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on the earth.”

18Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)

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Cross References

Genesis 9:9“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:13-18

12 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: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to… Read the whole commentary →

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