“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
Here is, I. The general establishment of God's covenant with this new world, and the extent of that covenant, Gen 9:9, Gen 9:10. Here observe, 1. That God is graciously pleased to deal with man in the way of a covenant, wherein God greatly magnifies his condescending favour, and greatly encourages man's duty and obedience, as a reasonable and gainful service. 2.
Commenting on Genesis 9:8-11
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,.... Not the covenant of grace in Christ, but of the preservation of the creatures in common, a promise that they should not be destroyed any more by a flood; to which promise it seems an oath was annexed, as appears from Isa 54:9 which passage refers to this covenant, as Aben Ezra on the place observes...
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; (h) To assure you that the world will never again be destroyed by a flood. (i) The children which are not yet born, are comprehended in God's covenant with their fathers.