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Genesis 9:12
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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:
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:
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that is with you for future generations.
And God said, "This is the sign of the agreement between me and you and every living creature that is with you.
And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
And God said, "This is the token (visible symbol, memorial) of the [solemn] covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;
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;
Then God saide, This is the token of the couenant which I make betweene me and you, and betweene euery liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetuall generations.
Then God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am giving to be between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;
The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.
God added, "Here is the sign of the covenant I am making between myself and you and every living creature with you, for all generations to come:
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
And God said, "I will give you something to prove that I made this promise to you. It will continue forever to show that I have made an agreement with you and every living thing on earth.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
As a sign of this everlasting covenant which I am making with you and with all living beings,
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I am about to make between Me and you, and every living soul which is with you, for everlasting generations:
And God sayde: This is the token of my couenaunt which I haue made betwene me and you, and all lyuynge creatures amonge you for euermore:
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:
And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:
And God sayde: this is the token of the couenaut which I make betweene me and you, and euery lyuyng creature that is with you, for euer.
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:
And God said, This is the token of the Couenant which I make betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature that is with you, for perpetuall generations.
And the Lord God said to Noe, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
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:
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
And God seide, This is the signe of boond of pees, which Y yyue bitwixe me and you, and to ech lyuynge soule which is with you, in to euerlastynge generaciouns.
And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during;
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.
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:
And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Then God said, "I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
Then God said, "This is something special to see for all time, because of the agreement that I am making between Me and you and every living thing that is with you:
God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you, - to age-abiding generations: -
And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
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:
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 successive generations;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 17:11, Exodus 12:13, Exodus 13:16, Joshua 2:12, Matthew 26:26-28, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:12 - for all Exodus 28:12 - for a memorial
Cross-References
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I've set up between me and everything living on the Earth."
Noah lived another 350 years following the flood. He lived a total of 950 years. And he died.
God spoke to Moses, saying, "Consecrate every firstborn to me— the first one to come from the womb among the Israelites, whether person or animal, is mine." Moses said to the people, "Always remember this day. This is the day when you came out of Egypt from a house of slavery. God brought you out of here with a powerful hand. Don't eat any raised bread. "You are leaving in the spring month of Abib. When God brings you into the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he promised to your fathers to give you, a land lavish with milk and honey, you are to observe this service during this month: "You are to eat unraised bread for seven days; on the seventh day there is a festival celebration to God . "Only unraised bread is to be eaten for seven days. There is not to be a trace of anything fermented—no yeast anywhere. "Tell your child on that day: ‘This is because of what God did for me when I came out of Egypt.' "The day of observance will be like a sign on your hand, a memorial between your eyes, and the teaching of God in your mouth. It was with a powerful hand that God brought you out of Egypt. Follow these instructions at the set time, year after year after year. "When God brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he promised you and your fathers, and turns it over to you, you are to set aside the first birth out of every womb to God . Every first birth from your livestock belongs to God . You can redeem every first birth of a donkey if you want to by substituting a lamb; if you decide not to redeem it, you must break its neck. "Redeem every firstborn child among your sons. When the time comes and your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?' you tell him, ‘ God brought us out of Egypt, out of a house of slavery, with a powerful hand. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, God killed every firstborn in Egypt, the firstborn of both humans and animals. That's why I make a sacrifice for every first male birth from the womb to God and redeem every firstborn son.' The observance functions like a sign on your hands or a symbol on the middle of your forehead: God brought us out of Egypt with a powerful hand."
"Now promise me by God . I showed you mercy; now show my family mercy. And give me some tangible proof, a guarantee of life for my father and mother, my brothers and sisters—everyone connected with my family. Save our souls from death!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you,.... Meaning the bow in the cloud, and which might be formed in the cloud at this time, that Noah might see it, and know it when he saw it again, and seems to be pointed unto: "this is the token"; or sign of the covenant made between God and Noah, and his sons:
and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations; which more clearly shows and proves, that this covenant reaches to all creatures that then were, or should be in all ages, to the end of the world.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- XXIX. The Covenant with Noah
13. קש×ת qeshet, âbow; related: be bent.â
14. ×¢× × âaÌnan, âcover, cast over; noun: cloud.â
The covenant made with Noah Genesis 6:18 is now formally confirmed. The purpose conceived in the heart Genesis 8:21 now receives significant expression. Not only a new blessing is bestowed, but also a new covenant is formed with Noah. For he that has offered an acceptable sacrifice is not only at peace with God, but renewed in mind after the image of God. He is therefore a fit subject for entering into a covenant.
Genesis 9:8-11
Unto Noah and to his sons. - God addresses the sons of Noah as the progenitors of the future race. âI establish.â He not merely makes ×רת kaÌrat, but ratifies, his covenant with them. âMy covenant.â The covenant which was before mentioned to Noah in the directions concerning the making of the ark, and which was really, though tacitly, formed with Adam in the garden.
Genesis 9:9-10
The party with whom God now enters into covenant is here fully described. âYou and your seed after you, and every breathing living thing;â the latter merely âon account of the former.â The animals are specially mentioned because they partake in the special benefit of preservation from a flood, which is guaranteed in this covenant. There is a remarkable expression employed here - âFrom all that come out of the ark, to every beast of the land.â It seems to imply that the beast of the land, or the wild beast, was not among those that came out of the ark, and, therefore, not among those that went in. This coincides with the view we have given of the inmates of the ark.
Genesis 9:11
The benefits conferred by this form of Godâs covenant are here specified. First, all flesh shall no more be cut off by a flood; secondly, the land shall no more be destroyed by this means. The Lord has been true to his promise in saving Noah and his family from the flood of waters. He now perpetuates his promise by assuring him that the land would not again be overwhelmed with water. This is the new and present blessing of the covenant. Its former blessings are not abrogated, but only confirmed and augmented by the present. Other and higher benefits will flow out of this to those who rightly receive it, even throughout the ages of eternity. The present benefit is shared by the whole race descended from Noah.
Genesis 9:12-16
The token of the covenant is now pointed out. âFor perpetual ages.â This stability of sea and land is to last during the remainder of the human period. What is to happen when the race of man is completed, is not the question at present. âMy bow.â As Godâs covenant is the well-known and still remembered compact formed with man when the command was issued in the Garden of Eden, so Godâs bow is the primeval arch, coexistent with the rays of light and the drops of rain. It is caused by the rays of the sun reflected from the falling raindrops at a particular angle to the eye of the spectator. A beautiful arch of reflected and refracted light is in this way formed for every eye. The rainbow is thus an index that the sky is not wholly overcast, since the sun is shining through the shower, and thereby demonstrating its partial extent. There could not, therefore, be a more beautiful or fitting token that there shall be no more a flood to sweep away all flesh and destroy the land.
It comes with its mild radiance only when the cloud condenses into a shower. It consists of heavenly light, variegated in hue, and mellowed in lustre, filling the beholder with an involuntary pleasure. It forms a perfect arch, extends as far as the shower extends, connects heaven and earth, and spans the horizon. In these respects it is a beautiful emblem of mercy rejoicing against judgment, of light from heaven irradiating and beatifying the soul, of grace always sufficient for the need of the reunion of earth and heaven, and of the universality of the offer of salvation. âHave I given.â The rainbow existed as long as the present laws of light and air. But it is now mentioned for the first time, because it now becomes the fitting sign of security from another universal deluge, which is the special blessing of the covenant in its present form. âIn the cloud.â When a shower-cloud is spread over the sky, the bow appears, if the sun, the cloud, and the spectator are in the proper relation to one another. 16. âAnd I will look upon it to remember.â The Scripture is most unhesitating and frank in ascribing to God all the attributes and exercises of personal freedom. While man looks on the bow to recall the promise of God, God himself looks on it to remember and perform this promise. Here freedom and immutability of purpose meet.
The covenant here ostensibly refers to the one point of the absence, for all time to come, of any danger to the human race from a deluge. But it presupposes and supplements the covenant with man subsisting from the very beginning. It is clearly of grace; for the Lord in the very terms affirms the fact that the imagination of manâs heart is evil from his youth, while at the same time the original transgression belonged to the whole race. The condition by which any man becomes interested in it is not expressed, but easily understood from the nature of a covenant, a promise, and a sign, all of which require of us consenting faith in the party who covenants, promises, and gives the sign. The meritorious condition of the covenant of grace is dimly shadowed forth in the burnt-offerings which Noah presented on coming out of the ark. One thing, however, was surely and clearly revealed to the early saints; namely, the mercy of God. Assured of this, they were prepared humbly to believe that all would rebound to the glory of his holiness, justice, and truth, as well as of his mercy, grace, and love, though they might not yet fully understand how this would be accomplished.
Genesis 9:17
God seems here to direct Noahâs attention to a rainbow actually existing at the time in the sky, and presenting to the patriarch the assurance of the promise, with all the impressiveness of reality.
