Genesis 9:8-17

Expanded Bible

⁸ Then God said to Noah and his sons, ⁹ “·Now [or Look] I am making my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with you and your ·people [seed] ·who will live after you [^Lafter you], ¹⁰ and with every living thing that is with you—the birds, the ·tame [livestock; cattle] and the wild animals, and with everything that came out of the ·boat [ark] with you—with every living thing on earth. ¹¹ I ·make [establish] this ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with you: ·I will never again destroy all living things by a flood [^La flood will never again cut off all flesh]. A flood will never again destroy the earth.”

¹² And God said, “This is the sign [^Ca symbol that represents this relationship between God and Noah; 17:11; Ex. 31:13, 17] of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and you and every living creature that is with you for all future generations. ¹³ I am putting my ·rainbow [bow; ^Cmay represent God hanging up his weapon after warring against humanity] in the clouds as the sign of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and the earth. ¹⁴ When I bring clouds over the earth and a ·rainbow [bow] appears in them, ¹⁵ I will remember my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and you and every living thing [^Lof all flesh]. [^LThe waters of the] Floods will never again destroy all ·life on the earth [^Lflesh]. ¹⁶ When the ·rainbow [bow] appears in the clouds, I will see it and I will remember the ·agreement that continues forever [^Leternal covenant] between me and every living thing [^Lof all flesh] on the earth.”

¹⁷ So God said to Noah, “·The rainbow [^LThis] is a ·sign [9:12] of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] that I made with all living things on earth.”