Genesis 9:12

And God says, “This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to continuous generations;

Literal Standard Version

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

11And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not cut off anymore by waters of a flood, and there is not a flood to destroy the earth anymore.”

13My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:17And God says to Noah, “This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] on the earth.”

Exodus 12:13And the blood has become a sign for you on the houses where you [are], and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My striking in the land of Egypt.

Joshua 2:12And now, please swear to me by YHWH—because I have done kindness with you—that you have done, even you, kindness with the house of my father, and have given a true token to me,

1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the LORD that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was delivered up, 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 →

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