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Genesis 9:12

Covenant and promises

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 flood to destroy the earth.

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:

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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

    And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

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  • Matthew 26:26–28

    And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

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  • Exodus 12:13

    And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 13:16

    And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.

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  • Genesis 9:17

    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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:23–25

    For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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