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Genesis 8:22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 8 · verse 22
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.Genesis 8:22 · King James Version
Genesis 8:22 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- remainethyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- seedtimezeraʻseedH2233 →
- harvestqâtsîyrseveredH7105 →
- summerqayitsharvest , whether the product or the seasonH7019 →
- winterchôrephproperly, the crop gatheredH2779 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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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