KJV King James Version
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
WEB World English Bible
“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
ASV American Standard Version
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 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 be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And 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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Genesis 6:18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.Isaiah 54:9-10For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Romans 1:3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;Genesis 9:17And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.Genesis 17:7-8And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Genesis 9:11And 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 be a flood to destroy the earth.Jeremiah 33:20Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Jeremiah 31:35-36Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:
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