Add parallel Print Page Options

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings on it[a] from every clean animal and every clean bird. 21 When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he told himself, “I will never again curse the land because of human beings—even though human inclinations remain evil from youth—nor will I destroy every living being ever again, as I’ve done.

22 “Never[b] again, as long as the earth exists,
    will sowing and harvest,
cold and heat,
    summer and winter,
        and day and night ever cease.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:20 Lit. on the altar
  2. Genesis 8:22 The Heb. lacks Never