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And the Lord smelled a ζsweeti savor; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not againk curse the ground any more for man’s sake; ηfor thel imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I againm smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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Lev. 1:9• ⁹but its inwards and its legs shall he wash in water; and the priest shall burn all on the altar, a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour. (Lev. 1:9)

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Isa. 65:5• ⁵who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. (Isa. 65:5)

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Ezek. 20:41• ⁴¹As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations. (Ezek. 20:41)

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2 Cor. 2:15• ¹⁵For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish: (2 Cor. 2:15)

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savor of rest.

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Gen. 3:17• ¹⁷And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Gen. 3:17)

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Gen. 6:17• ¹⁷For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire. (Gen. 6:17)

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or, though.

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Gen. 6:5• ⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually. (Gen. 6:5)

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Job 15:14• ¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? (Job 15:14)

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Jer. 17:9• ⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)

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Rom. 1:21• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: (Rom. 1:21)

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Gen. 9:11,15• ¹¹And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.
¹⁵and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh. (Gen. 9:11,15)

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smelled.

Lev. 1:9,13,17• ⁹but its inwards and its legs shall he wash in water; and the priest shall burn all on the altar, a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour.
¹³but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall present it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour.
¹⁷and he shall split it open at its wings, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall burn it on the altar on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour. (Lev. 1:9,13,17)

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Lev. 26:31• ³¹And I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your sweet odours. (Lev. 26:31)

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Song of Sol. 4:10‑11• ¹⁰How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
¹¹Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:10‑11)

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Isa. 65:6• ⁶Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, (Isa. 65:6)

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Ezek. 20:41• ⁴¹As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations. (Ezek. 20:41)

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Amos 5:21‑22• ²¹I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a sweet odour in your solemn assemblies.
²²For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts. (Amos 5:21‑22)

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2 Cor. 2:15• ¹⁵For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God, in the saved and in those that perish: (2 Cor. 2:15)

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Eph. 5:2• ²and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. (Eph. 5:2)

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Phil. 4:18• ¹⁸But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God. (Phil. 4:18)

sweet savour.

Heb. savour of rest.

curse.

Gen. 3:17• ¹⁷And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Gen. 3:17)

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Gen. 4:12• ¹²When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth. (Gen. 4:12)

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Gen. 5:29• ²⁹And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed. (Gen. 5:29)

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Gen. 6:17• ¹⁷For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire. (Gen. 6:17)

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or, though.

the imagination.

Gen. 6:5• ⁵And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually. (Gen. 6:5)

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Job 14:4• ⁴Who can bring a clean man out of the unclean? Not one! (Job 14:4)

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Job 15:14‑16• ¹⁴What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
¹⁵Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
¹⁶How much less the abominable and corrupt,--man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water! (Job 15:14‑16)

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Psa. 51:5• ⁵Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psa. 51:5)

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Psa. 58:3• ³The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies. (Psa. 58:3)

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Prov. 20:9• ⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? (Prov. 20:9)

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Eccl. 7:20• ²⁰Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not. (Eccl. 7:20)

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Isa. 47:12• ¹²Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror. (Isa. 47:12)

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Isa. 47:15• ¹⁵Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, they that trafficked with thee from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his own quarter; there is none to save thee. (Isa. 47:15)

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Isa. 48:8• ⁸Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. (Isa. 48:8)

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Isa. 53:6• ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all. (Isa. 53:6)

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Jer. 8:6• ⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:6)

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Jer. 17:9• ⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? (Jer. 17:9)

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Jer. 18:12• ¹²But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart. (Jer. 18:12)

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Matt. 15:19• ¹⁹For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies; (Matt. 15:19)

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John 3:6• ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)

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Rom. 1:21• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: (Rom. 1:21)

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Rom. 3:23• ²³for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Rom. 3:23)

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Rom. 8:7‑8• ⁷Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
⁸and they that are in flesh cannot please God. (Rom. 8:7‑8)

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Eph. 2:1‑3• ¹and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins--
²in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
³among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest: (Eph. 2:1‑3)

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James 1:14‑15• ¹⁴But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
¹⁵then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death. (James 1:14‑15)

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James 4:1‑2• ¹Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members?
²Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not. (James 4:1‑2)

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1 John 5:19• ¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked one. (1 John 5:19)

neither.

Gen. 9:11‑15• ¹¹And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.
¹²And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
¹³I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
¹⁴And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
¹⁵and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh. (Gen. 9:11‑15)

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Isa. 54:9‑10• ⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
¹⁰For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee. (Isa. 54:9‑10)

as I.

2 Peter 3:6‑7• ⁶through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
⁷But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:6‑7)

• Nor was Noah's any more than Abel's a sin-offering. What then suited was a burnt-offering. It was of a sweet savor, or savor of rest, and of course propitiatory (“The Early Chapters of Genesis: Chapter 8:20-22” by W. Kelly)

• How blessed was the effect even of this witness to the great Sacrifice! Compare chap. 6:5-7. When Jehovah saw, not the sacrifice, but man's wickedness great in the earth. (“The Early Chapters of Genesis: Chapter 8:20-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah smelled the sweet odourb. And Jehovah said in his heart, I will no more henceforth curse the ground on account of Man, for the thought of Man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will no more smite every living thing, as I have done.

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Lit. "odour of rest."