And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you,....
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Genesis 9:12
Genesis 9:12
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from…Genesis 9 — OverviewGenesis 9 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 9:1, God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food; Genesis 9:4, Blood and murder are forbidden; Genesis 9:8, God’s covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge; Genesis 9:18, Noah’s…Genesis 9 — OverviewGenesis 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we have an account of God's blessing Noah and his sons, being just come out of the ark, with a renewal of the blessing of propagating their species, and replenishing the earth, the dominion over the…Genesis 9:8-17Genesis 9:8-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONGenesis 9:8-17Genesis 9:8-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe new Noachic covenant established.
I. It is a COVENANT OF LIFE. It embraces all the posterity of Noah, i.e. it is—
1. The new foundation on which humanity rests.
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