Genesis 9:15
in Genesis 9I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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ASV
and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
KJV
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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This verse in Genesis 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Whenever I form clouds over the earth
on Genesis 9:14-17
God says twice that He will see the rainbow and remember the covenant, at verse 15 and verse 16. The keeping of it rests on the one who made it. The sign is set to appear when the clouds gather, which is the hour the old fear would come back.
This site's exposition
I will remember My covenant
When God remembers in Genesis, He acts, as at 8:1, when He remembered Noah and the waters went down. The rainbow calls the covenant to mind whenever clouds form. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown picture each shower after the flood met with joy.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
I will place my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth; and when I cover the sky with clouds, my bow will appear, and I will remember my covenant with you and with every …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י | vezakharti | and I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֗י | beriti | covenant my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּינִי֙ | beini | [is] between me | H996 → | 407 times |
| וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם | uveineikhem | and between you | H996 → | 407 times |
| וּבֵ֛ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נֶ֥פֶשׁ | nefesh | creature | H5315 → | 754 times |
| חַיָּ֖ה | chaiyah | living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | among all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בָּשָׂ֑ר | basar | flesh | H1320 → | 270 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִֽהְיֶ֨ה | yihyeh | <it> will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| ע֤וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הַמַּ֙יִם֙ | hamayim | the water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| לְמַבּ֔וּל | lemabul | <into> a flood | H3999 → | 13 times |
| לְשַׁחֵ֖ת | leshachet | to destroy | H7843 → | 146 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בָּשָֽׂר׃ | basar | flesh | H1320 → | 270 times |
וְזָכַרְתִּ֣יand I will remember
vezakhartiH2142 →230 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֗יcovenant my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּינִי֙[is] between me
beiniH996 →407 times
וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םand between you
uveineikhemH996 →407 times
וּבֵ֛יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
נֶ֥פֶשׁcreature
nefeshH5315 →754 times
חַיָּ֖הliving
chaiyahH2416 →498 times
בְּכָל־among all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
בָּשָׂ֑רflesh
basarH1320 →270 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶ֨ה<it> will become
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
ע֤וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
הַמַּ֙יִם֙the water
hamayimH4325 →581 times
לְמַבּ֔וּל<into> a flood
lemabulH3999 →13 times
לְשַׁחֵ֖תto destroy
leshachetH7843 →146 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בָּשָֽׂר׃flesh
basarH1320 →270 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Daniel 9:4
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- Hebrews 10:23
Through
Ezekiel 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
it leads to
- Hosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…
- Hosea 2:19–20
Through
Exodus 28:12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
it leads to
- Exodus 28:29
Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
- Exodus 28:29
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
