About COVENANT

Hebrew Name

בְּרִית

English Name

COVENANT

Phonetic Spelling

BREET

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What does COVENANT mean?

When God chooses Abraham to be the father of a new nation that will bring His word to the world, He makes with him a brit, a “covenant.”

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃
On that day Hashem made a covenant with Avram, saying, “To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT a-do-NAI et av-RAM b'-REET lay-MOR l'-zar-a-KHA na-TA-tee et ha-A-retz ha-ZOT mi-n'-HAR mitz-RA-yim ad ha-na-HAR ha-ga-DOL n'-har p'-RAT
Genesis 15:18

זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ הִמּ֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם כׇּל־זָכָֽר׃
Such shall be the covenant between Me and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.
zo-T b'-ree-TEE a-SHER tish-m'-RU BAY-nee u-BAY-nay-KHEM u-BAYN zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha, hi-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR
Genesis 17:10

Description about COVENANT

When God chooses Abraham to be the father of a new nation that will bring His word to the world, He makes with him a brit, a “covenant.” “On that day God made a covenant with Abram: ‘To your offspring I assign this land’” (Genesis 15:18). This covenant was sealed by Abraham cutting a number of animals into two, which was an ancient way of making agreements between two parties. In fact, the Biblical word for cutting is vater, which is formed with the same letters as the word brit. God’s brit with the people of Israel is unchangeable. ”And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent” (I Samuel 15:29). Even if the people of Israel stray or sin, God’s covenant remains intact. A covenant with God is eternal; it is not a contract which loses its legitimacy if one or both of the sides breaks its conditions or promises. Through His covenant with Abraham, God ensured that the land of Israel would belong to the people of Israel, for all time. Though the people of Israel sinned and were exiled from the land, their 1,900 years of wandering among the nations of the earth did not dissolve their bond with the land. For God promised that He would bring His people back: “He will bring you together again from all the peoples where Hashem your God has scattered you” (Deuteronomy 30:3). The people of Israel’s covenant with God is also expressed through the commandment to circumcise baby boys on the eighth day after birth. This is called a “Brit Milah,” a “covenant of the foreskin,” and it is a physical sign that attests to the baby’s deep and unbreakable relationship with God.

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