Genesis 8:20 KJV
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.
Words Then and Now
- fowl a bird Still heard today: waterfowl, ducks, geese, and other water birds Webster’s 1828 · Fowl
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Noah offers sacrifice, God promises to curse the earth no moreNoah was now gone out into a desolate world, where, one might have thought, his first care would have been to build a house for himself, but he begins with...
Thompson Chains
- NoahLink 5 of 12 · next Genesis 9:1
- Altars (1)Starts here · next Genesis 12:7 · 14 links
- PietySee the chain from Genesis 5:24 · 18 links
- WorshippersSee the chain from Genesis 22:5 · 13 links
- Burnt-offeringsSee the chain from Exodus 29:18 · 15 links
- Evil HeartSee the chain from Ecclesiastes 8:11 · 7 links
- Longsuffering (1)See the chain from Numbers 14:18 · 6 links
- God's PromisesSee the chain from 1 Kings 8:56 · 4 links
- Everlasting CovenantSee the chain from Genesis 9:16 · 13 links
Cross References
- Genesis 12:7–8 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. …
- Genesis 22:9 And 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.
- Leviticus 11:1–47 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, …
- Genesis 7:2 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.
- Genesis 4:4 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:
- Genesis 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:18 Then 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 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 26:25 And 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.
- Genesis 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:1 And 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.
- Genesis 35:7 And 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 10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
- Exodus 20:24–25 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. …
- Exodus 24:4–8 And 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. …
- Leviticus 1:1–17 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, …
- Romans 12:1 I 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.
- Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
- Hebrews 13:15–16 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. …
- 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:9 But 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:
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible2349–2348 BC · The Flood
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Noah נֹחַ nōaḥ נֹחַ Proper name
- builded וַיִּבֶן wayyiben בָּנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- an altar מִזְבֵּחַ mizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular
- unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- and took וַיִּקַּח wayyiqqaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- of every clean מִכֹּל mikkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition הַטְּהוֹרָה haṭṭĕhôrâ טָהוֹר Adjective · feminine singular · with the
- beast הַבְּהֵמָה habbĕhēmâ בְּהֵמָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
- and of every clean וּמִכֹּל ûmikkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition הַטָּהֹר haṭṭāhōr טָהוֹר Adjective · masculine singular · with the
- fowl הָעוֹף hāʿôp עוֹף Noun · masculine singular · with the
- and offered וַיַּעַל wayyaʿal עָלָה Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- burnt offerings עֹלֹת ʿōlōt עֹלָה Noun · feminine plural
- on the altar בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ bammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
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