Noah Offers Thanksgiving Sacrifice After The Great Flood
After the devastating global flood subsided and the ark came to rest, Noah, his family, and the animals finally disembarked onto the dried earth. In an act of profound gratitude and worship, Noah built an altar to Yahweh and took from every clean animal and every clean bird, offering burnt offerings. This sacrifice marked a new beginning and elicited a gracious response from God, who promised never again to curse the ground or destroy all living creatures by flood.
Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And Yahweh smelled the soothing aroma...
— Genesis 8:20-21
— Genesis 8:20-21
Timeline Box:
This event occurred shortly after the earth had fully dried following the Great Deluge (Genesis 8:14), which chronologically places it around 2348 BC, within the period of Cheshvan (the second month in the ancient calendar system before the Exodus, or 8th month post-Exodus relative to Aviv).
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