Genesis 8:1-9:17

theme
The Flood recedes, Noah, his family, and all the animals exit the ark. God makes a covenant that he will never again destroy all life with a flood.

key verse
9:11 Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. 

related verses
2 Peter 3:5-7 Long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world of that time perished in the flood. And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.