Thematic Bible: Receives the covenant from God that no flood would ever again visit the earth; the rainbow instituted as a token of the covenant

“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”

Verse Concepts

Days, Natural UseGod Sustaining CreationCovenant, God's with NoahGod, Patience OfHarvestHeatNatureProvidenceReliabilitySeasonsSeedOrderliness In CreationWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeeks

Cold, Literal UseGod's ProvisionSummerAutumnClimates, TypesEternal WorldHot WeatherCold WeatherProvision Of Day And NightSummer And WinterProvision Of NightWeather In The Last DaysSeasons Changingspringtime

And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every [ceremonially] clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Verse Concepts

AltarsAltars, UsesAnimals, religious role ofBuild, LiterallyBefore The FloodBurnt offeringBuildingAnimal LifeNoah

Ritual LawSacrifice, In OtWorship, Places OfAltars, Built ByBirds, Features OfAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsClean AnimalsSacrifices

Behold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you And with every living creature that is with you -- "whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark -- "every animal of the earth. I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt. read more.
And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth. And it shall be that when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow [rainbow] is seen in the clouds, I will [earnestly] remember My covenant or solemn pledge which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy and make all flesh corrupt. When the bow [rainbow] is in the clouds and I look upon it, I will [earnestly] remember the everlasting covenant or pledge between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said to Noah, This [rainbow] is the token or sign of the covenant or solemn pledge which I have established between Me and all flesh upon the earth.