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arclight、
戴注指彩虹，即《旧约》中上帝在洪水退去后，用彩虹与地上生灵签订再无洪水的契约。
arc+light构词
圣经英译本关于此处：
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.
9:11 我与你们立约，凡有血肉的，不再被洪水灭绝，也不再有洪水毁坏地了。
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.
9:12 神说，我与你们并你们这里的各样活物所立的永约，是有记号的。
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:
9:13 我把虹放在云彩中，这就可作我与地立约的记号了。
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
9:14 我使云彩盖地的时候，必有虹现在云彩中，
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
9:15 我便记念我与你们和各样有血肉的活物所立的约，水就再不泛滥，毁坏一切有血肉的物了。