Genesis 8:21
And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
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Genesis 4:12When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.
Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 9:11And I will establish my covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, nor shall there be a flood any more to destroy the earth.
Exodus 29:18and thou shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt-offering to LORD. It is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to LORD.
Leviticus 1:9but its innards and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD.
Leviticus 1:17And he shall rend it by the wings of it, [but] shall not divide it apart, and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire. It is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:21-22
Noah's Sacrifice. ( b. c. 2348.) 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer… Read the whole commentary →