Noach 9:15 · unit 1

TT #56 · Parashas Noach · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 9:15

The Complete Passuk

וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַבּ֔וּל לְשַׁחֵ֖ת כָּל־בָּשָֽׂר׃

I will remember My covenant that is between Me and you and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Chabad.org — 9:15

Source Citation

Torah Temimah treats the divine “remembering” of the covenant.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי — הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא ״זָכַר״ אֶת הַבְּרִית כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹא עוֹד מַבּוּל.

English: “I will remember My covenant” — the Holy One, blessed be He, “remembers” the covenant so that a flood will never again come.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

The covenant is actively “remembered” by God as the guarantee against a second global flood.