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What does Genesis 9:13 mean?

"I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth."

— Genesis 9:13 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.

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I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

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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:

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I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

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When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,

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I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

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