天主與諾厄立約(Covenant)

我把虹霓放在雲間，作我與大地之間立約的標記。
幾時我興雲遮蓋大地，雲中要出現虹霓，
那時我便想起我與你們以及各種屬血肉的生物之間所立的盟約：這樣水就不會再成為洪水，毀滅一切血肉的生物。

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. (創9:13-5)