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Genesis 8:20–21; 9:13–16 (KJV)

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flood-2

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake;
for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 8:20–21; 9:13–16 · King James Version, 1611 Verses 9:14–16 follow directly on the token verse; 8:22 and 9:12 are not digitized here.

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flood · flood-2

An identical four-beat sequence: landing → burnt offering → the deity smells the smoke and is moved → vow of never-again sealed by a physical token of remembrance (a string of sky-blue lapis at the goddess's throat; a bow of color in the cloud). The smelling detail is near-verbatim across languages · the deity is reached through the nose.

Noah builds an altar and offers burnt offerings; 'the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake' · then fixes a permanent visible token: 'I do set my bow in the cloud... and I will remember my covenant.'

set against Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI

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