Genesis 9:12

God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make for all time between me and you and every living creature that is with you:

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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 covenant: No living thing will ever again be cut off by the waters of the flood, and there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

13I have placed my bow in the cloud and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the inhabitants of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:17God said to Noah, “it is the sign of the covenant which I have made with everything that lives on earth.”

Joshua 2:12Now then, since I have dealt kindly with you, swear to me by the Lord that you will deal kindly with my family, and give me a sure sign of it.

1 Corinthians 11:23For I myself received from the Lord the account which I have in turn given to you – how the Lord Jesus, on the very night of his betrayal, 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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