Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
KJV
Ecce ego statuam pactum meum vobiscum, et cum semine vestro post vos :
Vulgate
Ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἀνίστημι τὴν διαθήκην μου ὑμῖν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι ὑμῶν μεθ’ ὑμᾶς,
LXX
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
ASV
וַ/אֲנִ֕י הִנְנִ֥/י מֵקִ֛ים אֶת בְּרִיתִ֖/י אִתְּ/כֶ֑ם וְ/אֶֽת זַרְעֲ/כֶ֖ם אַֽחֲרֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 280×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
Themes
Prophecy
Typology
Covenant
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§56After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin God at once sought to save humanity part by part. the covenant with Noah after the flood gives expression to the principle of the divine economy toward the "nations", in other words, towards men grouped "in their lands, each with (its) own language, by their families, in their nations".9
§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…
Cross-references
- Gen 6:18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Gen 6:18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- Gen 9:11 — 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.
- Gen 9:16 — And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Gen 9:17 — 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.
- Gen 17:2 — And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
- Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Isa 54:9 — For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
- Jer 33:25 — Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- Rom 1:3 — Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;