RE: [asa] Noah's ark- rainbow question

Stephen Krogh said:
"Did the text state that this rainbow was the first rainbow?"

Answer, Gen. 9 (NIV)
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you-the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you-every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."

Evidently, in ANE (Ancient Near East) understanding, they thought clouds brought the rainbow rather than sunlight/rain.

"Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind."

...Bernie

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> After Noah left the ark, God told Noah that He would send a

> rainbow to remind everyone that he would never again destroy the

> earth with water.

>

> However, is it possible to not have a rainbow when it is raining

> and the sunlight is right? According to the passage, it rained

> for 40 days/nights, then there was no rain. That's interesting-

> 150 days (or maybe even 9 months) with no rain, with all that

> water and condensation al over the world- even if locally? And if

> it did rain after those 40 days (because of a different

> interpretation), but while Noah was still on the boat for about 9

> months after the 40-day rains, couldn't it make a rainbow?

>

> The rainbow is a natural occurrence, not supernatural.

>

Did the text state that this rainbow was the first rainbow? Or that this

particular rainbow was given some meaning?

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