21 And the Lord smelled a [a][b]savor of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will henceforth curse the ground no more for man’s cause: for the (A)imagination of man’s heart is evil, even from his youth: neither will I smite anymore all things living, as I have done.

22 Hereafter [c]seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and Summer and Winter, and day and night shall not cease, so long as the earth remaineth.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Or, sweet savor.
  2. Genesis 8:21 That is, thereby he showeth himself appeased and his anger to rest.
  3. Genesis 8:22 The order of nature destroyed by the flood, is restored by God’s promise.

21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.

22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,(F)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,(G)
day and night
will never cease.”(H)

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for