After I flooded the earth and the water receded and the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, Noah and his family came out onto dry ground. I blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth andall the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything."