20 Then Noah built (A)an altar to the Lord, and took of every (B)clean animal and of every clean bird and offered (C)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 The Lord (D)smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said [a]to Himself, “I will never again (E)curse the ground on account of man, for (F)the [b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (G)and I will never again [c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

22 “While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And (H)summer and winter,
And (I)day and night
Shall not cease.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 8:21 Lit to His heart
  2. Genesis 8:21 Or inclination
  3. Genesis 8:21 Lit smite