Study it in the app“And Elohim said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am giving between me and you and every living being that is with you, for generations forever:”
After the flood, God makes a covenant with Noah and every living creatureFaithfulness
AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Thisזֹאתisthe signאוֹתof the covenantהַבְּרִיתthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam givingנֹתֵןbetween meבֵּינִיand youוּבֵינֵיכֶםand everyוּבֵין כָּלliving beingנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּהthatאֲשֶׁרiswith you,אִתְּכֶםfor generationsלְדֹרֹתforever:עוֹלָם
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “noten” appearsliving being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorot” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears11And I will establish my covenant with you: and never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 · This verse (above)
13my bow I have put in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?
