Then God said to Noah
and to his sons with him: "I now establish my
covenant
with
you
and with
your descendants
after you
and with every living creature that was with you--
the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came
out of the ark with you-- every living creature on earth. I establish my
covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of
a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth." And
God said, "This is the
sign
of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature
with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my
rainbow
in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and
the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow
appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you
and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters
become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the
clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God
and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." So God said to
Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me
and all life on the earth."