Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures,
What it says
The LORD ties this resolve to the earth’s continuing duration.
What it is doing
This verse gives the chapter its closing horizon of ongoing created order.
In context
20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. 22As long as the earth endures,