7. Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it.
8. God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
9. See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you
10. and with every living creature that was with you: the birds, the tame animals, and all the wild animals that were with you—all that came out of the ark.
11. I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.
12. God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come:
13. I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14. When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds,
15. I will remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature—every mortal being—so that the waters will never again become a flood to destroy every mortal being.
16. When the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature—every mortal being that is on earth.
17. God told Noah: This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and every mortal being that is 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. These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.