Genesis 9:12

9:12 And God said, “This is the guarantee29 of the covenant I am making30 with you31 and every living creature with you, a covenant32 for all subsequent33 generations:

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29	tn Heb “sign.”
30	sn On the making of covenants in Genesis, see W. F. Albright, “The Hebrew Expression for ‘Making a Covenant’ in Pre-Israelite Documents,” BASOR 121 (1951): 21–22.
31	tn Heb “between me and between you.”
32	tn The words “a covenant” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
33	tn The Hebrew term עוֹלָם (’olam) means “ever, forever, lasting, perpetual.” The covenant would extend to subsequent generations.