Genesis 8:20-22 (New International Version)
20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD1 and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean2 birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings3 on it.
21
The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma4 and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground5 because of man, even thougha every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.6 And never again will I destroy7 all living creatures,8 as I have done.
22
"As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest,9 cold and heat, summer and winter,10 day and night will never cease."11
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a.
Genesis 8:21 - Or "man, for"
3.
Genesis 8:20 - Ge 22:2,13; Ex 10:25; 20:24; 40:29; Lev 1:3; 4:29; 6:8-13; Nu 6:11; Jdg 6:26; 11:31; 1Sa 20:29; Job 1:5; 42:8