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11 I'm setting up my covenant with you that never again will everything living be destroyed by floodwaters; no, never again will a flood destroy the Earth."
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I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you.
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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 generations to come:
13 I'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth.
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I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud,
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Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
15 I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life.
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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 When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth."
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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 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I've set up between me and everything living on the Earth."
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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 ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
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The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
19 These are the three sons of Noah; from these three the whole Earth was populated.
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These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
20 Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.
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Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank from its wine, got drunk and passed out, naked in his tent.
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When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
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