Add parallel Print Page Options

20 Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of the “clean” animals and birds. He sacrificed them on the altar as burnt offerings. 21 The smell of the offerings pleased the Lord. He said to himself, “I will never put a curse on the ground again because of human beings. I will not do it even though their hearts are always directed toward evil. Their thoughts are evil from the time they are young. I will never destroy all living things again, as I have just done.

22 “As long as the earth lasts,
    there will always be a time to plant
    and a time to gather the crops.
As long as the earth lasts,
    there will always be cold and heat.
There will always be summer and winter,
    day and night.”

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends