₈God said to Noah and his sons, ₉“I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants, ₁₀and with all living beings — all birds and all animals — everything that came out of the boat with you. ₁₁With these words I make my covenant with you: I promise that never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth. ₁₂As a sign of this everlasting covenant which I am making with you and with all living beings, ₁₃I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world. ₁₄Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears, ₁₅I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings. ₁₆When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between me and all living beings on earth. ₁₇That is the sign of the promise which I am making to all living beings.”