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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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
After these things God made a covenant with Noah and with all those who came out of the ark with him, saying, “All flesh shall never again perish in the waters of a flood. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the eternal covenant between God and all flesh that is on the earth.” .