Genesis 9:8-16

8God said to Noah and his sons,

9“Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you

10and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature of the earth.

11I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

12And God said, “This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:

13I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.

14Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.

16When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.”