Old Testament Anecdotes Genesis 9:12-17 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… The native account of the last martyrdom in Madagascar concludes in these touching words: — "Then they prayed, 'Oh Lord, receive our spirits, for Thy love to us hath caused this to come to us; and lay not this sin to their charge.' Thus prayed they as long as they had any life, and then they died — softly, gently; and there was at the time a rainbow in the heavens which seemed to touch the place of the burning." (Old Testament Anecdotes.) I will look upon it. — Parallel Verses KJV: 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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