Genesis 9:17

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

Genesis 9:17 in Other Translations

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.

17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."

17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”

17 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I've set up between me and everything living on the Earth."

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.

17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth."

17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and all flesh on earth."

17 So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is the sign of my covenant. I have made my covenant between me and all life on earth."

Genesis 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:17

And God said to Noah, this is the token of the covenant,
&c.] Which is repeated for the greater confirmation and certainty of it, since the fears of men would be apt to run very high, especially while the flood was fresh in memory; which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth:
see ( Genesis 9:9-11 ) , it is highly probable, that from the rainbow being the token of the covenant between God and Noah, and the creatures, sprung the fable of the Chinese concerning their first emperor, Fohi, who seems to be the same with Noah, and whom they call the son of heaven, and say he had no father; which is this, that his mother, walking on the bank of a lake near Lanthien, in the province of Xensi, trod upon a large footstep of a man impressed upon the sand, and from thence, being surrounded with the rainbow, conceived and brought forth Fohi ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Martin. Sinic. Hist. p. 11.

Genesis 9:17 In-Context

15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 12; Genesis 17:11