Genesis 9:9

“Look! I now confirm ¹  my covenant with you and your descendants after you ² 

Ge 6:18; Ge 9:11,17; Ge 17:7,8; Ge 22:17; Isa 54:9,10; Jer 31:35,36; Jer 33:20; Ro 1:3

¹ tn Heb “I, look, I confirm.” The particle הִנְנִי (hinni) used with the participle מֵקִים (meqim) gives the sense of immediacy or imminence, as if to say, “Look! I am now confirming.”

² tn The three pronominal suffixes (translated “you,” “your,” and “you”) are masculine plural. As v. 8 indicates, Noah and his sons are addressed.