Genesis 9:8-16

8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

9“Now behold, I am establishing My covenant (binding agreement, solemn promise) with you and with your descendants after you

10and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and the wild animals of the earth along with you, of everything that comes out of the ark—every living creature of the earth.

11I will establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the water of a flood, nor shall there ever again be a flood to destroy and ruin the earth.”

12And God said, “This is the token (visible symbol, memorial) of the [solemn] covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations;

13I set My rainbow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

14It shall come about, when I bring clouds over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the clouds,

15and I will [compassionately] remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again will the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16When the rainbow is in the clouds and I look at it, I will [solemnly] remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”