New International Version

Genesis 9:14-20 New International Version (NIV)

14. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15. I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17. So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

18. The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

19. These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.

20. Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.