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Genesis 8:21-22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 8 · verses 21–22
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.Genesis 8:21-22 · King James Version
Genesis 8:21-22 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 2:15
- Ephesians 5:2
- Genesis 6:5
- Isaiah 54:9-10
- Philippians 4:18
- Jeremiah 17:9
- James 5:7
- Psalms 74:16-17
- Jeremiah 5:24
- Jeremiah 31:35
- Song of Solomon 2:11-12
- Jeremiah 33:20-26
Key words (Strong's)
- remainethyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- seedtimezeraʻseedH2233 →
- smelledrûwachproperly, to blowH7306 →
- harvestqâtsîyrseveredH7105 →
- savourrêyachodorH7381 →
- groundʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- summerqayitsharvest , whether the product or the seasonH7019 →
- winterchôrephproperly, the crop gatheredH2779 →
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Here is, I. Noah's thankful acknowledgment of God's favour to him, in completing the mercy of his deliverance, Gen 8:20. 1. He built an altar. Hitherto he had done nothing without particular instructions and commands from God. He had a particular call into the ark, and another out of it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-22