What was the first sacrifice Noah made after leaving the Ark in Genesis?

After leaving the Ark, Noah built an altar and made a burnt offering in Genesis.

Genesis 8:20 says Noah built an altar to the Lord and took animals and birds from the clean group for a burnt offering. The passage presents this as Noah’s first recorded act after the flood narrative’s landing and departure from the ark.

The offering connects with the earlier instruction to bring extra clean animals and birds. In the story, those additional animals make it possible for Noah to offer some without eliminating the surviving population. Genesis then describes God’s response and the covenant that follows.

This detail is often confused with the later sacrificial categories systematized in Leviticus. Genesis calls Noah’s act a burnt offering, but it does not provide the full ritual regulations found in later priestly texts. The altar and offering therefore belong to the story’s post-flood episode.