Genesis 9:13 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 9:13

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

KJV

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ASV

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

WEB

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

YLT

My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

DBT

I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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The CovenantsNoahic — sign of the rainbow.

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Ezekiel 1:28
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Revelation 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Revelation 4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Psalms 89:37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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I do set my bow in the cloud--set, that is, constitute or appoint. This common and familiar phenomenon being made the pledge of peace, its appearance when showers began to fall would be welcomed with the liveliest feelings of joy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Echo Revelation 4:3
The bow set in the cloud as covenant sign reappears around the throne — 'a rainbow... in sight like unto an emerald' — mercy encircling judgment.
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (public domain)
Typology Revelation 4:3
The bow set after the flood (Noahic sign) reappears as the rainbow encircling the throne (Rev 4:3) - the mercy-sign at the throne of grace. Figural/traditional; label as tradition.
Edwards, Images of Divine Things (PD). contested: figural association
Covenant Sign covenant sign
Noahic covenant sign: 'I do set my bow in the cloud' (Gen 9:8-17) - the token of God's promise to all flesh never again to flood the earth. Arc 1 sign = the bow.
text (Gen 9:13, PD)

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GEN 9:13REV 4:3 EZE 1:28
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 9:13EZE 1:28 REV 10:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 9:13REV 10:1 MAT 17:2
GEN 9:13REV 4:3 GEN 9:13-16
GEN 9:13REV 10:1 REV 1:15-16
GEN 9:13REV 4:3 REV 21:11
GEN 9:13REV 10:1 REV 5:2
GEN 9:13REV 4:3 EZE 28:13

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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