Life began anew for Noah and his family after leaving the ark. God blessed Noah and his sons and said for them to "...Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth" (Genesis 9:1). God also established some rules for them.
God gave them 'every moving thing' and the green herb for food; however, no blood of man or beast is man to take for food (Genesis 9:3,4). Furthermore, man's life is sacred and not to be taken by another man without consequences (Genesis 9:6).
God made an everlasting covenant with Noah and his sons which included all following generations as well as all the animals from the ark. God's promise is that "...neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth" (Genesis 9:9-11). The sign for the promise of God is the rainbow (Genesis 9:13).
For further detail, turn to Genesis 9.
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