Genesis 9:8–17

God’s Promise—the Sign of the Rainbow

⁸God also said to Noah and his sons, ⁹“I am going to make my promise^ato you, your descendants, ¹⁰and every living being that is with you—birds, domestic animals, and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ship—every living thing on earth. ¹¹I am making my promise to you. Never again will all life be killed by floodwaters. Never again will there be a flood that destroys the earth.” 

¹²God said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come. ¹³I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth. ¹⁴Whenever I form clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in the clouds. ¹⁵Then I will remember my promise to you and every living animal. Never again will water become a flood to destroy all life. ¹⁶Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember my everlasting promise to every living animal on earth.” 

¹⁷So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth.”