Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar, and sacrificed some of the clean animals and birds as a burnt offering.
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Genesis 4:4Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Genesis 7:3In addition take seven pairs, male and female, of all the birds, so their different kinds will survive throughout the earth.
Genesis 12:8Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
Genesis 13:18So Abram went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 22:9When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Then he bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
Genesis 33:20He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:16-20
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and… Read the whole commentary →