8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons who were with him. He said,
9 "I am now making my covenant with you and with all of your children who will be born after you.
10 I am making it also with every living thing that was with you in the ark. I am making my covenant with the birds, the livestock and all of the wild animals. I am making it with all of the creatures that came out of the ark with you. I am making it with every living thing on earth.
11 "Here is my covenant that I am making with you. The waters of a flood will never destroy all life again. A flood will never destroy the earth again."
12 God continued, "My covenant is between me and you and every living thing with you. It is a covenant for all time to come. "Here is the sign of the covenant I am making.
13 I have put my rainbow in the clouds. It will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 Sometimes when I bring clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in them.