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ButוַI will establishהֲקִמֹתִיmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיwith you;אִתָּךְand you will comeוּבָאתָintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהyouאַתָּהand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָand your wifeוְאִשְׁתְּךָand the wivesוּנְשֵׁיof your sonsבָנֶיךָwith you.אִתָּךְ
Genesis 6:18
Study it in the app“But I will establish my covenant with you; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:18, word by word
- I will establishהֲקִמֹתִיhakimoti
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- and you will comeבָאתָvata
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vata” appears- the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “teva” appears- and your sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- and your wifeאִשְׁתְּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears
The context
17And I, look, I am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life, from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth will perish.
18 · This verse (above)
19And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?