The well known covenant of Noah is symbolized in the rainbow, a sign of God's promise to never again destroy the world by a flood. Chapters 1-11 of Genesis are the context for the covenant that is made with Noah in Chapter 9. This is the first example of a "grant covenant" God makes with humans. One that requires nothing of the beneficiary. This "no-conditions" covenant is critical to understand the new covenant of Jesus Christ. So much more loaded into this critical teaching!!