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.
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.
18. Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, came out of the boat. Ham later had a son named Canaan.
19. All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.