Genesis 8:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

While. Jehovah's covenant with Noah was unconditional in connection with the earth; as with Abraham, to give him the land (Genesis 15), and with David, to give him the throne (2 Samuel 7).

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) seven times in this verse, to emphasize the completeness and perfection of the Covenant (App-10). Eight things named in. pairs of opposites.

Genesis 8:22

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.