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Genesis 9:12-13
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God's undertaking after the flood, addressed to all living things and not only to Israel. The Hebrew qeshet is the ordinary word for a war-bow; the image is of a weapon hung up.
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TextAnd 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: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Israel directly: "to all living things and not only to Israel."
Concerns
Judaism, Religions The Noahide covenant, held in Jewish tradition to bind all humanity rather than Israel alone.
Passage Of
Closes the flood narrative with the first of the biblical covenants.
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