Read Genesis 8.13- 22. In verse 17: The phrase be fruitful and multiply calls to mind the same words used in the first creation story in 1,28. In verses 20-22: Noah's first building project after leaving the ark is an altar. Noah offers ritually clean animals (7.2-3) upon the altar as burnt offerings to give thanks to God. God smells the pleasing odor of the burnt offerings as the smoke rises to the heavens (Lev 1.9). God resolves never again to curse the ground as he had done before (3.17; 4.11) and never again to destroy every living creature (v. 21). The flood is not successful in changing the base problem: the inclination of the human heart to evil from youth (v. 21). From here on, God will have to live with that fact and work within its reality. In the meantime, God promises not to disrupt the basic created order of the seasons and agricultural rhythms of life (v. 22). Comments or Questions..
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