Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
KJV
arcum meum ponam in nubibus, et erit signum fœderis inter me et inter terram.
Vulgate
τὸ τόξον μου τίθημι ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς σημεῖον διαθήκης ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς.
LXX
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
ASV
אֶת קַשְׁתִּ֕/י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽ/עָנָ֑ן וְ/הָֽיְתָה֙ לְ/א֣וֹת בְּרִ֔ית בֵּינִ֖/י וּ/בֵ֥ין הָ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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Symbols
Rainbow
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֔וֹת
'vt
noun · 78×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
י
y
noun · 280×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 4:3 · echo"And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."Genesis: the rainbow — rainbow around the throne
Prophecy
Typology
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
6 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…
And God blessed Noah and his sons. The covenant with Noah is a renewal of the original blessing given to Adam. The prohibition of blood points to the sacredness of life. The rainbow is the sign of the covenant — not that it had not existed before, but that God now appointed it as a pledge of his faithfulness. Noah's drunkenness shows that even the most holy men may fall into gr…
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
- Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
- Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
- Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Isa 38:7 — And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
- Ps 89:37 — It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
- Rev 4:3 — And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Rev 4:3 — And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Rev 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: