* In some of the covenants, God promised to fulfill his part without conditions. For example, when God established his covenant with mankind promising to never destroy the earth again with a worldwide flood, this promise had no conditions for people to fulfill.
* Depending on the context, ways to translate this term could include, "binding agreement" or "formal commitment" or "pledge" or "contract."
* Some languages may have different words for covenant depending on whether one party or both parties have made a promise they must keep. If the covenant is one-sided, it could be translated as "promise" or "pledge."
* Make sure the translation of this term does not sound like people proposed the covenant. In all cases of covenants between God and people, it was God who initiated the covenant.
* __[04:09](en/tn/obs/help/04/09)__ Then God made a __covenant__ with Abram. A __covenant__ is an agreement between two parties.
* __[05:04](en/tn/obs/help/05/04)__"I will make Ishmael a great nation, too, but my __covenant__ will be with Isaac."
* __[06:04](en/tn/obs/help/06/04)__ After a long time, Abraham died and all of the promises that God had made to him in the __covenant__ were passed on to Isaac.
* __[07:10](en/tn/obs/help/07/10)__ The __covenant__ promises God had promised to Abraham and then to Isaac now passed on to Jacob."
* __[13:02](en/tn/obs/help/13/02)__ God said to Moses and the people of Israel, "If you will obey my voice and keep my __covenant__, you will be my prized possession, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation."
* __[13:04](en/tn/obs/help/13/04)__ Then God gave them the __covenant__ and said, "I am Yahweh, your God, who saved you from slavery in Egypt. Do not worship other gods."
* __[15:13](en/tn/obs/help/15/13)__ Then Joshua reminded the people of their obligation to obey the __covenant__ that God had made with the Israelites at Sinai.
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