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Genesis 9:14

Genesis 9:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And it shall come to pan, when I bring a cloud over the earth. Literally, in my clouding a cloud, i.e. gathering clouds, which naturally signify store of rain (, ). Clouds are often used to denote afflictions and dangers (cf.

, ; ; ; ). That the bow shall be seen in the cloud. Literally, and the bow is seen, which it always is when the sun's rays fall upon it, if the spectator's back is towards the light, and his face towards the cloud.

Thus at the moment when danger seems to threaten most, the many-colored arch arrests the gaze.

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