And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
God makes His own covenants, not man; mark how He says "Behold, I" to raise your wonder and seal your assurance. His promises are firmer than heaven's pillars, and they hold fast not because the world repents of its filth, but because God deals with us by goodness, not by what we deserve.
AI summary
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.