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Genesis 9:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 9 · verse 12
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:Genesis 9:12 · King James Version
Genesis 9:12 in context
10And 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.
11And 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.
12And 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:
13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perpetualʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- creaturenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- tokenʼôwtha signal , as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etcH226 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Articles of agreement among men are usually sealed, that the covenants may be the more solemn, and the performances of the covenants the more sure, to mutual satisfaction.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17