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But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons` wives with you.
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God's First 'Covenant'
Commentators emphasize that this is the first time the word 'covenant' appears in the Bible. It signifies a formal, binding promise from God. While the world faced judgment, God established a covenant of grace and preservation with Noah, assuring him of safety and a future, marking a new, more defined relationship between God and humanity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running paralle…
19th Century
Anglican
My covenant. —There had been no covenant with Adam or with the Sethites, but in the higher state of things that began with Noah, h…
16th Century
Protestant
But with thee will I establish my covenant. Since the construction of the ark was very difficult, and innumerable obstacles might perpetua…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But with thee will I establish my covenant Made with Noah at this time, though not expressed, that on his making an ark, …
God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ([Reference Psalms 25:14…
