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Genesis 9:12 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œAnd 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

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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.

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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:

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I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

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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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