Third, unlike a contract, covenants are permanent. Finally, covenants invoke blessings and curses. We see this, for example, when someone says, “so help me God” (blessing), or “I’ll be ...

A covenant is a two-sided promise when two people or groups make promises to one another; the most obvious example of a covenant is a marriage. When a couple marry, they make promises to one ...

Abraham agreed that he and his descendants would obey and worship God and lead by example. Key fact Jews believe that God and Abraham entered into a covenant in which God promised many descendants ...