15. Then I will remember my covenant between me and you and every kind of living thing. The waters will never become a flood to destroy all life again.
16. "When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it. I will remember that my covenant will last forever. It is a covenant between me and every kind of living thing on earth."
17. So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is the sign of my covenant. I have made my covenant between me and all life on earth."
18. The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19. The people who were scattered over the earth came from Noah's three sons.
20. Noah was a man who worked the ground. He decided to plant a vineyard.
21. He drank some of its wine. It made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.