God’s Edenic Covenant with Adam and Eve in which they were promised eternal life and given dominion over the animals stipulated that they were to obey one command: not to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge (of good and evil).

That didn’t work out well for Adam and Eve, so he made a covenant with Noah after the flood that included seven laws for man to live a just and moral life. With man’s observance, God promised to never destroy the world by flood again.  God sealed the covenant by creating a rainbow.

The seven laws of Noah:

1 – Do not worship false gods

2 – Do not curse God.

3 – Do not murder.

4 – Do not commit adultery or sexually immorality.

5 – Do not steal.

6 – Do not eat flesh from a living animal.

7 – Establish courts of justice.

Source: Seven Laws of Noah by Slon Anava, 2014, Azmut. Graphic: Noahs Dankgebet by Domenico Morelli 1901, Public Domain.