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 The Bible answers in these reassuring words: "Jehovah began to smell a restful odor." The pain that had filled God's heart when mankind was filling the world with violence was replaced by the restful, pleasant sensation of seeing a family of faithful worshipers on earth who were determined to carry out his will. Jehovah did not expect them to be perfect.  the same verse continues:  The inclination of the heart of man is bad from his youth up." (Genesis 8:21) Consider how Jehovah further expressed his patient compassion for humankind.

God lifted the curse on the ground. Back in the days of the rebellion of Adam and Eve, God had pronounced that curse, making cultivation unusually difficult. Noah's father Lamech, had named his son Noah-probably meaning "Rest," or "Consolation"-and had foretold that his son would lead mankind to a time of rest from that curse.  Noah must have beamed when he learned that he would now see that prophecy fulfilled and that the earth would respond more readily to efforts to cultivate it. Little wonder that Noah soon took up farming! -GENESIS 3:17, 18; 5:28, 29; 9:20. 

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