Genesis 9:17

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

Open English Bible (US)

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

16Whenever the bow is seen in the cloud, I will see it and remember the everlasting agreement between God and every living creature on earth,”

18The sons of Noah, who left the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:9“Now I make this covenant with you and with 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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