Genesis 8:21
The Lord accepted the sacrifice, and said to himself, “I won't ever again curse the ground because of human beings, even though every single thought in their minds is evil from childhood. I won't ever destroy all life again as I have just done.
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20Noah built an altar, and sacrificed some of the clean animals and birds as a burnt offering.
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Genesis 4:12When you cultivate the ground, it won't produce crops for you. You'll be always on the run, wandering all over the earth.”
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Genesis 9:11In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
Exodus 29:18Then burn all of the ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord to be accepted by him.
Leviticus 1:9You shall wash the insides and legs with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, to be accepted by the Lord.
Leviticus 1:17He shall tear it open by its wings, but not completely apart. The priest is to burn it on the altar on the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, to be accepted by the 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 →