²⁰Then Noah built an altar to the Lord^e and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean^f birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings^g on it. ²¹The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma^h and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the groundⁱ because of humans, even though^a every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.^j And never again will I destroy^k 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

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Genesis 8:22: While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease…

Footnotes

aOr humans, for

Cross references

e Ge 12:7–8; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 33:20; 35:7; Ex 17:15; 24:4
fSee Ge 7:8
g 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; 1 Sa 20:29; Job 1:5; 42:8
h Ex 29:18, 25; Lev 1:9, 13; 2:9; 4:31; Nu 15:3, 7; 2 Co 2:15
iSee Ge 3:17
j Ge 6:5; Ps 51:5; Jer 17:9; Mt 15:19; Ro 1:21
k Jer 44:11
l Ge 9:11, 15; Isa 54:9
m Jos 3:15; Ps 67:6; Jer 5:24
n Ps 74:17; Zec 14:8
oSee Ge 1:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings, even though the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth onward. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

As long as the earth endures,

seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,

summer and winter, and day and night

will not cease.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose. And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things. As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from all the clean animals and from all the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said to himself, “Never again will I curse the ground for the sake of humankind, because the inclination of the heart of humankind is evil from his youth. Nor will I ever again destroy all life as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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