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and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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A Reminder for Us, Not for God
Commentators unanimously explain that when God says, "I will remember my covenant," He is speaking in human terms for our benefit. God, being all-knowing, cannot forget. As John Calvin notes, this language is designed to strengthen our faith, assuring us that whenever we see a rainbow, God is actively mindful of His unbreakable promise to never again flood the entire earth.
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18th Century
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19th Century
Baptist
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 b…
16th Century
Protestant
And I will remember my covenant. Moses, by introducing God so often as the speaker, teaches us that the word holds the chief place, and th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh…
Just as the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, which drowned the ol…
