Revised Literal Translation

Genesis 8:20-22

20And Noah builded an altar unto Yhwh; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21And Yhwh smelled a sweet savour; And Yhwh 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.1 2 22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.3

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Notes

1. Genesis 8:21 a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest or, satisfaction. ↩
2. Genesis 8:21 for the imagination: or, through the imagination. ↩
3. Genesis 8:22 While…: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth. ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 8

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Calvin’s Commentaries
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings