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Genesis 9:12

Covenant and promises

10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11 And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

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:

13 I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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:
KJV
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:
WEB
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:
ASV
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:
DARBY
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:
BLB
And God said, “This [is] the sign of the covenant that I am giving between Me, and between you⁺, and between every living soul that [is] with you⁺, for generations everlasting.
ÅB
Og Gud sa: Dette er tegnet på den pakt som jeg gjør mellom meg og dere og alt levende som er hos dere, til evige tider:
OTB
Og Gud sa: "Dette er tegnet på pakten jeg gjør mellom meg og dere og hver levende skapning med dere, for alle fremtidige generasjoner:
B1930
Og Gud sa: Dette er tegnet på den pakt som jeg gjør mellem mig og eder og alt levende som er hos eder, til evige tider:

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:11

    You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

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  • Matthew 26:26–28

    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

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  • Exodus 12:13

    The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 13:16

    So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

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  • Genesis 9:17

    So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:23–25

    For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

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