20 Then Noah ^obuilt an altar to the Lord and took some of every ^pclean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled the ^qpleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, ^r“I will never again curse¹ the ground because of man, for ^sthe intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. ^tNeither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.