Douay-Rheims Bible: Genesis — Introduction, Chapter Summaries and Notes by Richard Challoner
Chapter 8
SummaryThe deluge ceaseth. Noe goeth out of the ark, and offereth a sacrifice. God's covenant to him.
[8:7] Did not return. . . The raven did not return into the ark; but (as it may be gathered from the Hebrew) went to and fro; sometimes going to the mountains, where it found carcasses to feed on: and other times returning, to rest upon the top of the ark.
[8:20] Holocausts,. . .or whole burnt offerings. In which the whole victim was consumed by fire upon God's altar, and no part was reserved for the use of priest or people.
[8:21] Smelled, etc. . .A figurative expression, denoting that God was well pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered.