In Genesis, what offering did Noah make after leaving the Ark?

In Genesis, Noah made a burnt offering after leaving the Ark.

Genesis 8 says Noah built an altar after the ground became dry and offered burnt offerings from animals and birds considered clean. The passage presents this act as one of Noah’s first responses after leaving the ark and entering the renewed world.

The account distinguishes the offering from the animals’ role in repopulating the earth. Genesis had previously described Noah taking extra representatives of clean animals and birds, while unclean animals entered in pairs. The additional clean animals made the later offering possible without eliminating the surviving kinds.

The term “burnt offering” refers to an offering wholly burned on an altar in the sacrificial language of the Hebrew Bible. Noah’s sacrifice is followed by God’s covenant promise and the sign of the rainbow, making it an important transition from judgment to a renewed relationship with the living world.