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Genesis 8:20

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Genesis 8:20 (WEB)

Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Catechism · 1

  • §2569Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

    “Noah's offering is pleasing to God, who blesses him and through him all creation, because his heart was upright and undivided; Noah, like Enoch before him, "walks with God."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 6:9; 8:20- 9:17.

Fathers and councils · 1

  • “For on leaving the ark Noah sacrificed victims to God not of course of the animals taken by twos for these were kept to multiply their species, but of those taken by sevens some of which had been set apart for sacrifice.” — editor's note: Gen. viii. 20.

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Cross-references · 2

  • Genesis 8:20 and 2 Samuel 24:25 share the same wording (10 words).

  • Genesis 8:20 and 1 Chronicles 21:26 share the same wording (10 words).

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