Genesis 8:21

Before the flood, all people were evil except for Noah and his family. (See Genesis 6:12.) God killed the evil people. But God knew that people would still be evil. Good people and bad people will live together while the earth remains.

‘I will never again make the ground produce little.’ God had done this in the time of Adam and Eve. (See Genesis 3:17.) He decided that he would not do it again.

ark ~ an ark is a box. The ark in Genesis was a very big box that floated on water like a ship.
altar ~ a table where one burned an animal as an offering to God. An altar is usually several large stones that form a pile.

offering ~ a gift to God. An offering may be an animal. People killed the animal and burned it on an altar.
Lord ~ a lord is a person who has authority. ‘The Lord’ means God. It is a translation of God’s name. The Hebrews wrote God’s name as YHWH. We may write it as Yahweh.

Hebrew ~ the Hebrew people were Abraham and his descendants. The ancient Hebrew language is the original language of Genesis. It is also the original language of most of the Old Testament (the first part of the Bible). This language is like the modern Hebrew language, which people speak in the country Israel today.

descendants ~ children and grandchildren and later members of the family.
offering ~ a gift to God. An offering may be an animal. People killed the animal and burned it on an altar.

altar ~ a table where one burned an animal as an offering to God. An altar is usually several large stones that form a pile.