What does Covenant mean in the Bible?

First uses (BSB)

1. Genesis 6:18

   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.

2. Genesis 9:9

   “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

3. Genesis 9:11

   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.”

4. Genesis 9:12

   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:

5. Genesis 9:13

   I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

6. Genesis 9:15

   I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

7. Genesis 9:16

   And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

8. Genesis 9:17

   So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

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