Genesis 9:12

12 God said, "This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come.

Genesis 9:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:12

And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I
make between me and you
Meaning the bow in the cloud, and which might be formed in the cloud at this time, that Noah might see it, and know it when he saw it again, and seems to be pointed unto: "this is the token"; or sign of the covenant made between God and Noah, and his sons: and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations;
which more clearly shows and proves, that this covenant reaches to all creatures that then were, or should be in all ages, to the end of the world.

Genesis 9:12 In-Context

10 and every living being that is with you--birds, domestic animals, and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ship--every living thing on earth.

11 I am making my promise to you. Never again will all life be killed by floodwaters. Never again will there be a flood that destroys the earth."

12 God said, "This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come.

13 I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth.

14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in the clouds.