1.6 KiB
built an altar to Yahweh
"built an altar dedicated to Yahweh" or "built an altar for worshiping Yahweh". He may have built it with stones.
clean animals … clean birds
"Clean" means that God allowed these animals to be used in sacrifice. Some animals were not used for sacrifices and were called "unclean."
offered burnt offerings
This can be translated as "burnt the animals as offerings to Yahweh." Noah killed the animals and then completely burned them up as an offering to God.
curse the ground
"do very serious harm to the earth" (see: UDB)
because of mankind
This can be made more explicit: "because mankind is sinful." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
the inclination of their hearts
"their tendency" or "their habit"
the inclination of their hearts is evil from childhood
"from their earliest years they tend to do evil things" or "even when they are young, they want to do evil things"
from childhood
This refers to an older child and can be translated as "from their youth."
pleasing aroma
This refers to the smell of the roasted meat.
While the earth remains
"while the earth lasts" or "as long as the earth exists"
seed time
"the season for planting"
cold and heat, summer and winter
These expressions both refer to two major times in the year in terms of weather. Translators may use local expressions for referring to times of the year.
summer
the hot, dry time of the year
winter
the cool, wet time of the year
will not cease
"will not cease to exist" or "will not cease to occur." This can also be translated as "will continue."