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Genesis 8:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 8 · verse 21 · King James Version
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.Genesis 8:21 · King James Version
Genesis 8:21 in context
19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- smelledrûwachproperly, to blowH7306 →
- savourrêyachodorH7381 →
- groundʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- sweetnîychôwachproperly, restfulH5207 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- curseqâlalto be light, literally or figurativelyH7043 →
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