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Genesis 9:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” "

Genesis 9:16

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14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,

15 I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16 The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

17 God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

18 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.

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Hosea 2:18

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"In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely."

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Genesis 17:7

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"I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you."

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Leviticus 26:42

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"then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land."

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Baruch 2:35

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"And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they will be my people. I will no more remove my people Israel out of the land that I have given them.”"

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Isaiah 54:8-10

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"In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer."

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Jeremiah 32:40

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"I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me."

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Genesis 9:1

"God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth."

Genesis 9:2

"The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand."

Genesis 9:3

"Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you."

Genesis 9:4

"But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat."

Genesis 9:5

"I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man."

Genesis 9:6

"Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image."

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