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16 When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember[a] the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things[b] that are on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:16 tn The translation assumes that the infinitive לִזְכֹּר (lizkor, “to remember”) here expresses the result of seeing the rainbow. Another option is to understand it as indicating purpose, in which case it could be translated, “I will look at it so that I may remember.”
  2. Genesis 9:17 tn Heb “all flesh.”

16 Whenever the rainbow(A) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(B) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(C) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

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