9. “Understand that I am confirming My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
10. and with every living creature that is with you — birds, livestock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you — all the animals of the earth that came out of the ark.
11. I confirm My covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by the waters of a flood; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12. And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:
13. I have placed My bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
14. Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,
15. I will remember My covenant between Me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.
16. The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.”
17. God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and every creature on earth.”
18. Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19. These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.
20. Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
21. He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.
22. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
23. Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.