Genesis 9:12

God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

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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

11I hereby confirm my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood. Never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

13I have set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:17Then God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Exodus 12:13The blood will be a sign on your houses for my coming to you. When I see the blood, I will pass over you when I attack the land of Egypt. This plague will not come on you and destroy you.

Joshua 2:12Now then, please swear to me by Yahweh that, just as I have been kind to you, you will also deal kindly with my father's house. Give me a sure sign

1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, 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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