KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 8:20
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 8
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 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.
21 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.
22 While 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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וַיִּ֥בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildנֹ֛חַH5146 · no.achNoahמִזְבֵּ֖חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarלַֽיהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִכֹּ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallהַבְּהֵמָ֣הH929 · be.he.mahanimalהַטְּהוֹרָ֗הH2889 · ta.horpureוּמִכֹּל֙H3605 · kolallהָע֣וֹףH5775 · ophbirdהַטָּהֹ֔רH2889 · ta.horpureוַיַּ֥עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעֹלֹ֖תH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringבַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃H4196 · miz.be.achaltar
Cross-references
Hebrews 13:15-16By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.Genesis 22:9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.Genesis 12:7-8And 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.1 Peter 2:9But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:Leviticus 11:1-47And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,Genesis 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Genesis 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.Hebrews 13:10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.Genesis 26:25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.Exodus 24:4-8And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.Exodus 10:25And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.Genesis 13:18Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.Genesis 7:2Of 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.Leviticus 1:1-17And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,Genesis 33:20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
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