Genesis 9:16

remember Used of God, cf. Genesis 8:1. Here it suggests that the primitive tradition implied that God might forget, if it were not for "the bow." The word "remember" may be anthropomorphic; but in the later stage of the tradition, as in this passage, the rainbow is the "sign" or "reminder" for man, not for God.

the everlasting covenant See Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:19; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 18:19; Numbers 25:13, a phrase used by P. Heb. b'rîth -ôlâm, LXX διαθήκη αἰώνιος, Lat. foedus sempiternum.