8:21 "...and the Lord said to Himself, "I will no longer curse the earth because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth, and I will no longer smite all living things as I have done."
In Genesis god makes a covenant with Noah that he would not destroy the earth with a flood again. The rainbow is the covenant.
In the flood story in Genesis, "God" refers to the divine entity who decides to send the flood to cleanse the earth. "Lord" is often used to refer to the specific name of God in the Old Testament, YHWH, which signifies his covenant relationship with his people. Both terms are used interchangeably in the flood story to denote the same divine being.
From the Bible:Genesis 9:8- says: And God went on to say to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "And as for me, here I am establishing my covenant with YOU men and with YOUR offspring after YOU, 10 and with every living soul that is with YOU, among fowls, among beasts and among all living creatures of the earth with YOU, from all those going out of the ark to every living creature of the earth. 11 Yes, I do establish my covenant with YOU: No more will all flesh be cut off by waters of a deluge, and no more will there occur a deluge to bring the earth to ruin.Answer:God actually made two covenants with Noah. One (Genesis 6:18) was to preserve him during the Flood, and the other (Genesis ch.9) was to refrain from sending another worldwide flood.Note also that these covenants differed from the Covenants with Abraham (Genesis ch.15 and 17) in that Abraham's covenants included spiritual elements - a relationship with God; while the covenants of Noah were promises of God concerning physical matters.
Noah was not a part of any covenant. Perhaps you are thinking of something else.Answer:The above answer is mistaken. The Hebrew word for Covenant is in fact mentioned two times between God and Noah (in Genesis ch.6 and ch.9). However, unlike God's covenant with Abraham, the one with Noah concerned physical matters only: surviving the Flood, and that there will be no more worldwide deluge.
The symbol of God's promise to Noah is the rainbow, as mentioned in the Bible after the Great Flood. God set the rainbow in the sky as a sign of his covenant to never again destroy the earth with a flood.
God made a covenant with Noah by promising not to flood the world again
In Genesis god makes a covenant with Noah that he would not destroy the earth with a flood again. The rainbow is the covenant.
That depends upon what you mean by "chosen." Noah was chosen (with his family) by God, to survive the Flood (Genesis 6), but not for a Divine covenant of status for his descendants. Abraham was chosen by God to father a nation that would serve God and have His covenant forever (Genesis 17). It eventually became clear that out of Abraham's children and grandchildren, only Isaac and Jacob (and Jacob's descendants) would continue in God's covenant (Genesis 26 and 28). Jacob fathered the Israelites.
(Genesis 9:13-16) ". . .My rainbow I do give in the cloud"
Genesis 9:11 - "Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
"And I (God) will establish My covenant with you (Noah); and all flesh shall never again be destroyed by the waters of the flood; nor shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
In the flood story in Genesis, "God" refers to the divine entity who decides to send the flood to cleanse the earth. "Lord" is often used to refer to the specific name of God in the Old Testament, YHWH, which signifies his covenant relationship with his people. Both terms are used interchangeably in the flood story to denote the same divine being.
Depends upon how you view the first covenant. If the first covenant was with Adam and Eve, then the second covenant was with Noah (Genesis 6:18). If the first true convenant was with Noah, then the second covenant was with Abraham. (Genesis 15:18)
God does not create a rainbow, it is caused by light form the sun being refracted back to your eyes by raindrops.Answer:the above answer is from an atheistic viewpoint. God created everything, including the laws of physics which bring about so-called "natural" phenomena.To answer the question, one commentary on Genesis says that it is the double rainbow, not the regular rainbow, which is being spoken of in Genesis ch.9 in connection with the Flood.
The first covenant that God made with humanity is known as the Noahic Covenant, which is described in the Bible in the story of Noah and the Great Flood. In this covenant, God promised to never again destroy the earth with a flood and established the rainbow as a sign of this promise.
From the Bible:Genesis 9:8- says: And God went on to say to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 "And as for me, here I am establishing my covenant with YOU men and with YOUR offspring after YOU, 10 and with every living soul that is with YOU, among fowls, among beasts and among all living creatures of the earth with YOU, from all those going out of the ark to every living creature of the earth. 11 Yes, I do establish my covenant with YOU: No more will all flesh be cut off by waters of a deluge, and no more will there occur a deluge to bring the earth to ruin.Answer:God actually made two covenants with Noah. One (Genesis 6:18) was to preserve him during the Flood, and the other (Genesis ch.9) was to refrain from sending another worldwide flood.Note also that these covenants differed from the Covenants with Abraham (Genesis ch.15 and 17) in that Abraham's covenants included spiritual elements - a relationship with God; while the covenants of Noah were promises of God concerning physical matters.
Noah was not a part of any covenant. Perhaps you are thinking of something else.Answer:The above answer is mistaken. The Hebrew word for Covenant is in fact mentioned two times between God and Noah (in Genesis ch.6 and ch.9). However, unlike God's covenant with Abraham, the one with Noah concerned physical matters only: surviving the Flood, and that there will be no more worldwide deluge.