The Eight Biblical Covenants

A covenant is a legal contract between two people.  In the Bible there are numerous covenants: 1) the Edenic Covenant (Gen. 1:26-31; 2:16-17; cf. Hos. 6:7 = bilateral), 2) the Adamic Covenant (Gen. 3:16-19; cf. Hos. 6:7 = unilateral), 3) the Noahic Covenant (Gen. 6:18; 9:1-18 = unilateral), 4) the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-4; 13:14-17; 15:1-7; 17:1-11; cf. Gen. 26:2-5; 28:10-15; Ex. 2:24; 3:6-8; Josh. 1:2-6; 2 Ki. 13:23; 1 Chron. 16:15-22; Ps. 105:3-15; Neh. 9:5-10 = unilateral), 5) the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19:5, 8; 20:1-31:18; Deut. 4:13; Gal. 3:16-19 = bilateral), 6) the Palestinian/Land Covenant (Deut. 30:1-10 = unilateral), 7) the Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:4-16; 1 Chron. 17:3-15 = unilateral), and 8) the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34; 32:37-41; Ezek. 37:21-28; 2 Cor. 3:6 = unilateral).