Genesis 9:10

and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks to Noah after the flood, as He establishes the covenant in Genesis 9:9. The promise is extended to every living creature that was with Noah and came out of the ark.

The words — nephesh means “living creature,” and kol means “every.” Together they state that the covenant covers all living things from the ark.

The thread — This runs in Genesis 9:15, where God remembers His covenant with “every living creature of every kind,” and in Genesis 8:1, where God remembers Noah and all the animals in the ark. Psalms 145:9 also says the LORD’s compassion rests on all He has made.

Why it lands — It asks the reader to treat the promise as extending beyond humans to all living creatures. The reader must count the animals as included in God’s covenant, not as secondary to it.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֵ֨תve./'Etand/ with כָּל־kol-every נֶ֤פֶשׁNe.feshcreature הַֽחַיָּה֙ha./chai.Yah<the>/ living אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich אִתְּכֶ֔ם'i.te./Khem[is] with/ you בָּע֧וֹףba./'ofamong the/ bird[s]בַּבְּהֵמָ֛הba./be.he.Mahamong the/ livestock וּֽבְכָל־u./ve./Khol-and/ among/ every חַיַּ֥תchai.Yat<the> animal of הָאָ֖רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ earth אִתְּכֶ֑ם'i.te./Khemwith/ you מִכֹּל֙mi./Kolfrom/ all יֹצְאֵ֣יyo.tze.'Ei[those which] came out of הַתֵּבָ֔הha./te.Vahthe/ ark לְכֹ֖לle./Kholto/ every חַיַּ֥תchai.Yat<the> animal of הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha./'A.retzthe/ earth

King James Version

And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Cross-references

Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
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.
Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Job 41:1 “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Psalms 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Jonah 4:11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”