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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.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 9:8–17
18th Century
Theologian
- קשׁת qeshet — “bow; related: be bent.”
- ענן ‛ānan — “cover, cast over; noun: cloud.”
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 9:11–17
19th Century
Preacher
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…
John Gill
On Genesis 9:17
17th Century
Pastor
And God said to Noah, this is the token of the covenant ,
&c.] Which is repeated for the greater confirmation and ce…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 9:8–17
17th Century
Minister
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…