Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

Burning Flesh—A Soothing Smell? (Genesis 8:20–21)


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After Noah and his family left the ark, he killed animals and then put each entire animal on an altar and burned the whole thing to the Lord. Why was this a soothing smell to the Lord, and why did it prompt him to add more promises to his existing promises?

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).

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Passage, Paragraph, and PrayerBy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church