12 God said, "This is the symbol of the covenant that I am drawing up between me and you and every living thing with you, on behalf of every future generation.
13 I have placed my bow in the clouds; it will be the symbol of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,
15 I will remember the covenant between me and you and every living being among all the creatures. Floodwaters will never again destroy all creatures.
16 The bow will be in the clouds, and upon seeing it I will remember the enduring covenant between God and every living being of all the earth’s creatures."
17 God said to Noah, "This is the symbol of the covenant that I have set up between me and all creatures on earth."
18 Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth came out of the ark. Now Ham was Canaan’s father.