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Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
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Worship Before Work
Commentators highlight that Noah's first act in the new world was building an altar, not a house for himself. This demonstrates a profound principle: prioritizing gratitude and worship of God above personal comfort. As Charles Spurgeon and Matthew Henry note, Noah gave sacrificially from his small, precious stock of animals, teaching that we honor God by giving Him the first and best of what we have, trusting Him to provide for the rest.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
משׁפחה mı̂shpāchah — “kind, clan, family.” שׁפחה shı̂pchâh — “maid-servant; related: spread.”
19th Century
Anglican
Noah builded an altar unto the Lord (Jehovah). —The account of this sacrificial act is…
Baptist
And Noah built an altar to the LORD and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offering on the altar. And the LO…
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16th Century
Protestant
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. As Noah had given many proofs of his obedience, so he now presents an example of gratitude. This …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Noah built an altar to the Lord Not a house for himself and his family, but an altar for God. His first and grea…
Noah had 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 beg…
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