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So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark— you and your sons and your wife, and your sons&#8217 wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons&#8217 wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But I will make my promise to you. You, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will go into the ship. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />However, I will establish my own covenant with you, and you are to enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark?you and your sons and your wife and your sons? wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark--you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you. You are to come into the vessel, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But with thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have established My covenant with you, and you have come into the Ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your son’s wives with you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I set up my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come in to the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will establish my covenant with you. You shall go into the ark, you and your sons, your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall enter into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark, you and your sons, and your wife, and the wives of your sons with you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1406" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Noah Builds the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">But I will establish</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and you will enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">the ark—</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·tə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">and your wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇā·ne·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and your sons’</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ū·nə·šê- (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wives</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9-11</a></span><br />“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, / and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark. / And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a></span><br />For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a></span><br />I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Genesis 17:19</a></span><br />But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Genesis 9:12-17</a></span><br />And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: / I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. / Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a></span><br />On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">Genesis 17:21</a></span><br />But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16-18</a></span><br />saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.</p><p class="hdg">establish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9,11</a></b></br> And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4,7,21</a></b></br> As for me, behold, my covenant <i>is</i> with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations… </p><p class="hdg">come.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1,7,13</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20</a></b></br> Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></b></br> By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/revelation/22-14.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/revelation/3-2.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-25.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/6-2.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/genesis/9-11.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Son's</a> <a href="/genesis/7-7.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/7-7.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Noah finds grace.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">His family line</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But I will establish My covenant with you</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of a divine covenant, a solemn agreement initiated by God. In biblical context, covenants are pivotal, marking significant relationships between God and humanity. This is the first explicit mention of a covenant in the Bible, setting a precedent for future covenants with figures like Abraham, Moses, and David. The covenant with Noah is unconditional, emphasizing God's grace and faithfulness. It foreshadows the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, highlighting themes of salvation and divine promise.<p><b>and you will enter the ark</b><br>The ark is a symbol of salvation and divine protection. In a historical and cultural context, the ark represents God's provision amidst judgment. The construction of the ark, as described earlier in Genesis, reflects ancient shipbuilding techniques, though its dimensions and design are unique, underscoring its divine origin. The ark prefigures Christ as the means of salvation, offering refuge from the judgment of sin.<p><b>you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the inclusion of Noah's family in God's plan of salvation, highlighting the importance of family in God's redemptive work. It reflects the biblical principle of household salvation, seen later in the stories of Rahab and the Philippian jailer. The inclusion of Noah's family also underscores the communal aspect of God's covenant, extending blessings and responsibilities to future generations. This anticipates the broader inclusion of all nations in the New Covenant through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who initiates a covenant with Noah, demonstrating His grace and faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and preserve humanity and animal life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah's_family.htm">Noah's Family</a></b><br>Includes Noah's wife, his sons (Shem, Ham, and Japheth), and their wives, who are to be saved from the flood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>The vessel built by Noah according to God's instructions, serving as a means of salvation from the impending flood.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a></b><br>A divine promise made by God to Noah, signifying a binding agreement and assurance of protection and future blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's covenant with Noah underscores His unwavering faithfulness and commitment to His promises. Believers can trust in God's promises today, knowing He is faithful to fulfill them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_righteousness.htm">Obedience and Righteousness</a></b><br>Noah's obedience in building the ark is a model for believers to follow God's commands, even when they may not fully understand His plans. Righteous living is a response to God's grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_and_salvation.htm">Family and Salvation</a></b><br>The inclusion of Noah's family in the covenant highlights the importance of family in God's plan. Believers are encouraged to lead their families in faith and obedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The concept of covenant is central to understanding God's relationship with humanity. Believers are called to live in a covenant relationship with God, marked by faithfulness and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_judgment.htm">Preparation for Judgment</a></b><br>Just as Noah prepared for the flood, believers are called to prepare for the coming judgment by living lives of holiness and readiness for Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_name_of_noah's_wife.htm">What was the name of Noah's wife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_christ_as_king_mean.htm">What was the name of Noah's wife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'god_remembered'_mean.htm">What does "God remembered" signify in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_noah_comforting_in_global_chaos.htm">Is Noah a source of comfort amid global chaos?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">My covenant.</span>--There had been no covenant with Adam or with the Sethites, but in the higher state of things which began with Noah, man was to hold a more exactly defined relation to God; and though they had begun to attach the notion of Deity to the name Jehovah in the days of Enos (<a href="/genesis/4-26.htm" title="And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call on the name of the LORD.">Genesis 4:26</a>), yet it was not till the time of Moses that it became the distinct title of God in covenant with man. Of this relation a necessary result was revelation, as in no other way could there be a communication between the two contracting parties. Hence the Bible is called "The Old and New Covenant," or "The Old and New Testament," the Greek term being of wider meaning than either word with us, and signifying either an agreement between the living or the document by which a testator disposes of his property after his death (<a href="/context/hebrews/9-16.htm" title="For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.">Hebrews 9:16-17</a>). The title of covenant is more applicable to the Scriptures of the prior dispensation, which contain a series of such relations, all preparing for the last and best and most perfect, which was a Testament ratified in the blood of Christ.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But with thee will I establish my covenant</span>. <span class="hebrew">בְּרית</span> (<span class="greek">διαθήκη</span>, LXX.; <span class="accented">foe</span>-<span class="accented">due</span>, Vulgate; <span class="accented">testamentum</span>, N.T.), from <span class="hebrew">בָּרַא</span>, to cut or carve; hence a covenant, from the custom of passing between the divided pieces of the victims slain on the occasion of making such solemn compacts (cf. <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a>; Gesenius); from <span class="hebrew">בָּרַה</span>, to eat, hence an eating together, a banquet (cf. <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Genesis 31:54</a>; Lee). On the Bible idea of covenant see <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a>. My covenant = the already well-known covenant which I have made with man. <span class="cmt_word">And thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee.</span> <span class="accented">This</span> was the substance of the covenant agreement so far as Noah was concerned. The next three verses describe the arrangements about the animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But I will establish</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲקִמֹתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with you,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתָּ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you {will} enter</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָאתָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark—</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your sons</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָנֶ֛יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your wife</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’iš·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your sons’</span><br /><span class="heb">בָנֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wives</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְשֵֽׁי־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·šê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתָּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:18 But I will establish my covenant (Gen. 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