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And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/kjv/genesis/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took some of every kind of clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every [ceremonially] clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. He took some of every kind of clean animal and every kind of clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. <a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the LORD. Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice. <a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> And 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. <a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Noah built an altar to the LORD. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean animal and clean bird. <a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Noah built an altar to the LORD; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a sacrifice on the altar. <a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings on it from every clean animal and every clean bird. <a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Noah built an altar to God, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean flying creature, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. <a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a> Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Noah builds an altar to YHWH, and takes from every clean beast and from every clean bird, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar; <a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar; <a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Noah will build an altar to Jehovah, and will take from all clean cattle, and from all clean birds, and will bring up a burnt offering upon the altar.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. And, taking from each of the cattle and birds that were clean, he offered holocausts upon the altar. <a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean animal and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Noah built an altar to LORD JEHOVAH and he took from all pure animals and from every pure bird, and he offered up burnt offering on the altar.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And 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. <a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar. <a href="/parallel/genesis/8-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1803" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Noah Builds an Altar</a> 20<a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Then Noah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">built</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">an altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">And taking</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from every kind</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">of clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·mik·kōl (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: haṭ·ṭā·hōr (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: hā·‘ō·wp̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">bird,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">he offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lōṯ (N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: bam·miz·bê·aḥ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">on the altar.</a> 21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3-9</a> If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. / And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. ... <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a> You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a> By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19</a> Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. <a href="/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9</a> Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. <a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm">2 Samuel 24:25</a> And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted. <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">1 Kings 8:63</a> And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15-16</a> Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. / And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18</a> I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a> Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13</a> Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.builded.<a href="/genesis/4-4.htm">Genesis 4:4</a> And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7,8</a> And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him… <a href="/genesis/13-4.htm">Genesis 13:4</a> Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.clean beast.<a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a> Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.<a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">Leviticus 11:1-47</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, … burnt.<a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">Leviticus 1:1-17</a> And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/16-7.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/4-17.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/genesis/2-22.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-17.htm">Built</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/8-18.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/revelation/11-10.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Sacrificed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Buildeth</a> <a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Built</a> <a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/10-25.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/genesis/15-11.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/genesis/20-5.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Sacrificed</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div>1. <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. Noah's construction of an altar marks the first recorded instance of altar-building in the Bible, signifying a pivotal moment of worship and thanksgiving to God after the flood. Altars in ancient times were often made of earth or uncut stones, symbolizing purity and dedication to God. This act of worship reflects Noah's righteousness and obedience, as he acknowledges God's deliverance. The altar serves as a precursor to the later altars in the tabernacle and temple, foreshadowing the sacrificial system established in the Mosaic Law. It also points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of all sacrifices.And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, Noah's selection of clean animals and birds for sacrifice indicates an understanding of distinctions between clean and unclean animals, which would later be codified in Levitical law (Leviticus 11). This suggests an early awareness of God's standards for acceptable worship. The clean animals were those suitable for sacrifice and consumption, highlighting the importance of purity in offerings to God. This act of taking from every kind of clean animal underscores the completeness and totality of Noah's offering, symbolizing a comprehensive act of worship and gratitude.he offered burnt offerings on the altar. The burnt offering, or "olah" in Hebrew, was a sacrifice that was completely consumed by fire, symbolizing total dedication and surrender to God. This type of offering was later formalized in the Levitical sacrificial system (Leviticus 1) and was a common form of worship in ancient Israel. The act of offering burnt offerings signifies Noah's complete devotion and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. It also prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself wholly to God for the atonement of humanity's sins. The burnt offering represents a foreshadowing of Christ's perfect and complete sacrifice on the cross.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth. His obedience and faith are central to this passage. 2. <a href="/topical/a/altar.htm">Altar</a> A structure built by Noah to offer sacrifices to God, symbolizing worship, gratitude, and atonement. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His personal relationship with humanity and His faithfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/c/clean_animals_and_birds.htm">Clean Animals and Birds</a> Specific animals deemed suitable for sacrifice, indicating Noah's adherence to God's instructions. 5. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings</a> Sacrifices completely consumed by fire, representing total dedication and surrender to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_worship.htm">Obedience and Worship</a> Noah's immediate response to God's deliverance was to worship through sacrifice. Our worship should be a response to God's faithfulness and grace. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_and_sacrifice.htm">Gratitude and Sacrifice</a> Noah's offering was an expression of gratitude. We are called to live lives marked by thankfulness, offering ourselves to God in service and devotion. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_action.htm">Faith and Action</a> Noah's faith was demonstrated through action. True faith is evidenced by our willingness to act in accordance with God's will. <a href="/topical/c/cleanliness_and_purity.htm">Cleanliness and Purity</a> The use of clean animals signifies the importance of purity in our offerings to God. We are called to live holy lives, set apart for His purposes. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> Noah's altar signifies a renewed relationship with God. As believers, we are part of a new covenant through Christ, called to live in fellowship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'altar_call'_mean.htm">What does "altar call" mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jews_make_ancient_sacrifices.htm">What were the purposes of ancient Jewish sacrifices?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_an_altar.htm">What defines an altar?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_a_burnt_offering.htm">What is the significance of a burnt offering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Noah builded an altar unto the Lord (Jehovah).--The account of this sacrificial act is said to have been an interpolation of the Jehovist. Really it forms an integral portion of the numerous traditions of the flood. Thus in the Chaldean Genesis, after the sending forth of a dove, a swallow, and a raven, we read (p. 280):--"I sent them forth to the four winds; I sacrificed a sacrifice;I built an altar on the peak of the mountain."This extreme antiquity of sections ascribed to the Jehovist, and supposed to be an after-thought, is seriously detrimental to the whole theory.One result of the flood was to sweep away all traces of the earthly paradise and of the subsequent abode of Adam; and it is probable also that Noah was removed far away from his previous home by the floating of the ark. Thus to him and his family it was a new earth, with no holy places, no spots hallowed by the past history of man. He therefore determines to consecrate the earth to Jehovah, who had been the object of the worship of his family since the days of Enos, and therefore builds an altar, the first mentioned in the Bible. By so doing he provided for future generations a central spot and sanctuary, round which their religious ideas would group themselves. The animals offered were probably the seventh of all clean kinds (see Note on <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm" title="Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.">Genesis 7:2</a>). With Noah's burnt offerings we must not connect any of the later Levitical ideas. Apparently it was a simple thank-offering, the dominant thought of which was the hallowing man's future life by commencing it with worship. It thus contained within it the presage that a better state of things had now begun. Subsequently the thank-offering became a feast, at which the offerer and his family partook of the victim as Jehovah's guests; and as God during this sacrifice gave Noah permission to eat flesh (<a href="/genesis/9-3.htm" title="Every moving thing that lives shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.">Genesis 9:3</a>), it is probable that such was the case now, and that the eating of flesh was inaugurated in this solemn way. We have, however, previously seen reason to believe that the flesh of animals had occasionally been eaten before, though not as an ordinary article of diet.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - And Noah builded an altar. Mizbeach, a place for slaying sacrifices, from zabach, to slaughter animals (<a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Genesis 31:54</a>), to slay in sacrifice (<a href="/leviticus/9-4.htm">Leviticus 9:4</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/1-4.htm">1 Samuel 1:4</a>), as θυσιαστήριον, from θύειν, is the first altar mentioned in history. The English term (from altus, high) signifies a high place, because the altar was commonly a raised structure or mound of earth or stones (<a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a>). Keil thinks that altars were not required prior to the Flood, the Divine presence being still visibly among men at the gate of Eden, "so that they could turn their offerings and their hearts towards that abode." Poole, Clarke, Bush, and Inglis hold that the antediluvian sacrifices presupposed an altar. Unto the Lord. Jehovah, the God of salvation. And took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl. Vide <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a>. "Seldom has there been a more liberal offering in proportion to the means of the giver. His whole stock of clean animals, wherewith to fill the world, was seven pairs of each" (Inglis). And offered. By Divine appointment, since his service was accepted; and "all religious services which are not perfumed with the odor of faith are of an ill savor before God (Calvin); but "God is peculiarly well pleased with free-will offerings, and surely, if ever an occasion existed for the exercise of grateful and adoring sentiments, the present was one" (Bush). Burnt offerings. 'oloth, literally, things that ascend, from 'alah, to go up, alluding not to the elevation of the victims on the altar, but to the ascension of the smoke of the burnt offerings to heaven (cf. <a href="/judges/20-40.htm">Judges 20:40</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-15.htm">Jeremiah 48:15</a>; <a href="/amos/4-10.htm">Amos 4:10</a>). On the altar. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Noah נֹ֛חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood built וַיִּ֥בֶן (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build an altar מִזְבֵּ֖חַ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar to the LORD. לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Taking וַיִּקַּ֞ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take from every kind מִכֹּ֣ל ׀ (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every of clean הַטְּהוֹרָ֗ה (haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Clean, pure animal הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה (hab·bə·hê·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal and וּמִכֹּל֙ (ū·mik·kōl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every clean הַטָּהֹ֔ר (haṭ·ṭā·hōr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Clean, pure bird, הָע֣וֹף (hā·‘ō·wp̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> Flying creatures He offered וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively burnt offerings עֹלֹ֖ת (‘ō·lōṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering on the altar. בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (bam·miz·bê·aḥ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:20 Noah built an altar to Yahweh (Gen. 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