Genesis 9:12
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:
KJV
Dixitque Deus : Hoc signum fœderis quod do inter me et vos, et ad omnem animam viventem, quæ est vobiscum in generationes sempiternas :
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Νῶε Τοῦτο τὸ σημεῖον τῆς διαθήκης ὃ ἐγὼ δίδωμι ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πάσης ψυχῆς ζώσης ἥ ἐστιν μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰς γενεὰς αἰωνίους·
LXX
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:
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים זֹ֤את אֽוֹת הַ/בְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֗ן בֵּינִ/י֙ וּ/בֵ֣ינֵי/כֶ֔ם וּ/בֵ֛ין כָּל נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתְּ/כֶ֑ם לְ/דֹרֹ֖ת עוֹלָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2569Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.5 Noah's offering is pleasing to God, who blesses him and through him all creation, because his he…
God added sacraments to the Word of his Gospel, to confirm the promises of the Gospel. For as he once by the rainbow gave assurance to Noah and his posterity that the world would not be destroyed by the flood, so by the sacraments he assures his people that the salvation which he has spoken of is truly present. We acknowledge two sacraments which God has instituted in his Word:…
Cross-references
- Gen 17:11 — And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
- Matt 26:26 — And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.