And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
15. and I will ] This should be rendered “that I will.” It forms the apodosis to the words in 14, “and it shall come to pass when.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh,…. See Ge 9:11
and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh; this is repeated to remove those fears which would naturally arise, upon the gathering of the clouds in the heavens; but as God would remember his covenant, which he can never forget; and is always mindful of, so men, when they see the bow in the cloud, may be assured, that whatever waters are in the heavens, they shall never be suffered to fall in such quantity as to destroy all creatures as they have done.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
15. And I will remember my covenant. Moses, by introducing God so often as the speaker, teaches us that the word holds the chief place, and that signs are to be estimated by it. (294) God, however, speaks after the manner of men, when he says, that at the sight of the rainbow he will remember his covenant. But this mode of speaking has reference to the faith of men, in order that they may reflect, that God, whenever he stretches out his arch over the clouds, is not unmindful of his covenant.
(294) “ Precipuas esse verbi partes, et inde aestimanda signa.” — “ Queleprincipal gist en la parole, et que d’icelle il faut estimer les sacramens.” That the principal force is in the word, and that from it we must estimate the sacraments. — French Tr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Gen 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.
Ver. 15,16. I will remember. ] That is, I will make you to know and remember by this visible monitor.
“ Segnius irritant animum demissa per aures,
Quam quae sunt oculis commissa fidelibus .”
The rainbow is a double sacrament, answering both to Baptism and the Lord’s Supper; and declares by its colours, saith one, how Christ came by water and blood.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
remember. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
remember: Exo 28:12, Lev 26:42-45, Deu 7:9, 1Ki 8:23, Neh 9:32, Psa 106:45, Jer 14:21, Eze 16:60, Luk 1:72
the waters: Isa 54:8-10
Reciprocal: Gen 9:10 – General Exo 6:5 – I have remembered Job 38:10 – brake up for it my decreed place Job 38:37 – or who 2Pe 3:6 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:15 And I will remember my {l} covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
(l) When men see my bow in the sky, they will know that I have not forgotten my covenant with them.