Genesis 8:21–22

21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aromah and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the groundi because of humans, even thougha every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.j And never again will I destroyk all living creatures,l as I have done.

22 “As long as the earth endures,

seedtime and harvest,m

cold and heat,

summer and winter,n

day and night

will never cease.”o