עוד כל ימי הארץ. אקרא דלעיל קאי דלא אוסיף להכות את כל חי וגו' עד הנה דרכי להאריך עד שבעתים או עד שבעים ושבעה כדאשכח גבי קין כי עוד כל ימי הארץ וגו': עוד כל ימי הארץ, “as long as earth will continue in existence, etc.;” this verse refers to what we read in the previous verse, where G–d promised never again to bring on a deluge. He added now that from that time on, nature will prove more or less predictable, each part of the earth experiences regular cycles of seasons and crops which ripen during those seasons will provide mankind with it needs. [The Torah states –after the Exodus and the giving to the Jewish people of the Torah- that as far as the Jewish people will be concerned, the earth producing its yield would depend on their keeping the terms of the covenant they had entered into with G–d at the revelation on Mount Sinai. Ed.]