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11 I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth.”

The Sign of God’s Covenant

12 God also said, “Here’s the symbol that represents the covenant that I’m making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations: 13 I’ve set my rainbow in the sky[a] to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:13 Lit. cloud

11 I establish my covenant(A) with you:(B) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(C)

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(D) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(E) 13 I have set my rainbow(F) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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