Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
Verse Takeaways
1
A Real and Final Seal
Commentators see this verse as God's final, emphatic confirmation of His promise. Albert Barnes suggests God may have been pointing to a rainbow visible at that very moment, making the covenant tangible and deeply personal for Noah. This repetition wasn't redundant but was a powerful act of reassurance after the trauma of the flood.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Genesis
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
5
18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Baptist
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 b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God said to Noah, this is the token of the covenant , &c.] Which is repeated for the greater confirmation and ce…
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
Just as the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, which drowned the ol…
