Genesis 9:12
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:
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13I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 9:17God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
Exodus 12:13The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house, and give me a true sign;
1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which 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 →