Genesis 9:15

Translations

Modern

I 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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And I will remember My covenant, that is between Me, and between you, and between every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Latin

…et recordabor fœderis mei vobiscum, et cum omni anima vivente quæ carnem vegetat: et non erunt ultra aquæ diluvii ad delendum universam carnem.

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English

I 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.

Notes

Genesis 9:13–16

God brought great judgment through the rainstorm (a very large and destructive storm). Now he gives the rainbow as a sign of peace for the whole earth (see 9:17). The rainbow appears after the rainstorm and is connected to it, but it now shows that God will not destroy the earth in this way again.
The same Hebrew word can mean both “rainbow” and “bow” (a weapon used in war). In some places, God is described as a warrior who shoots arrows to bring judgment (see Deuteronomy 32:42; Psalms 7:12; 18:13–14; Habakkuk 3:9–11). Because of this, some interpreters think the picture in Genesis 9:13–17 shows God hanging up his bow. This means he is putting aside his weapon of judgment and choosing peace instead.

Genesis 9:8–17

In God's second speech after the great flood, he promises to protect and preserve creation.

Theme notes and profiles

Noah God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenant with Noah God’s Covenants God’s New Covenant Symbolic Numbers

Events

God makes a covenant with Noah

Related verses

Deuteronomy 7:9
Know 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.
Isaiah 54:8–10
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Ezekiel 16:60
But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
Exodus 28:12
Fasten 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.
Leviticus 26:42–45
…then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
1 Kings 8:23
…and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
Psalm 106:45
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Jeremiah 14:21
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Luke 1:72
…to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
Nehemiah 9:32
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the Rainbow Remnant Shinar The Flood

Topics

Bow: A Token in the Clouds Covenant of God with Men: Everlasting Covenant: Noah God: Faithfulness of Noah: Son of Lamech: Receives the Covenant from God That No Flood Would Ever Again Visit the Earth Rain: The Earth Will Never Again be Destroyed By Rainbow: A Sign That the Earth Will No Longer be Destroyed by Flood The Deluge: That It Shall Never Again Occur: The Rainbow a Token Token: Rainbow, That the Earth Would Never be Destroyed by a Flood Water: The World not to be Again Destroyed By

Genesis 9:15

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