Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 9:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”
Genesis 9:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which {is} between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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