Genesis 9:8-17
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 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: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 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. 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.
Classification
The Command[/Principle]
This passage belongs to the Principles and Definitions. It is part of a Covenant.
Categories
This passage is a part of the description of the Noahic Covenant. It qualifies that the covenant is made with all creatures. It identifies a natural phenomena (the rainbow) as a sign of the covenant. It affects our understanding of the Created Order, and of Mercy, because God herein promises to mercifully withhold total annihilation from (what may be) an otherwise deserving world.
Fulfillment
The Noahic Covenant abides today between God and all creation.
Topics
This command/principle has direct relevance to an understanding of the following topics:
