Chp. 8 verse 10 - Chp. 9 verse 22: Noach sends the dove out 7 days later and she returns with an olive leaf in its beak indicating that the waters had receded. The third time he sends the dove it does not return. G-d tells Noach to leave the ark with his family and all the animals. He builds an alter and brings offerings to Hashem who promises him that he will not repeat what he had done to the earth again and that things will return back to normal. Chp. 9, Hashem blesses Noach and his sons that they should replenish the earth. He assures them that the dread of them would be upon all living things. He permits them to eat meat, but not blood. He shows Noach the rainbow as a sign that he would not longer destroy all of mankind again. Noach gets drunk in his tent, and Ham sees the nakedness of his father and tells his two brothers.
