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Genesis 9:5-6-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5-6. I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.

7. I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.

8. Again, God said to Noah and his sons:

9. I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to everyone who will live after you.

10. This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat.

11. I promise every living creature that the earth and those living on it will never again be destroyed by a flood.

12-13. The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you and to every living creature on earth. It will remind you that I will keep this promise for ever.

14. When I send clouds over the earth, and a rainbow appears in the sky,

15. I will remember my promise to you and to all other living creatures. Never again will I let flood waters destroy all life.

16. When I see the rainbow in the sky, I will always remember the promise that I have made to every living creature.

17. The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise.