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RBT Hebrew Literal:

And Rest is building a slaughtering-place to Yahweh, and is taking from the whole of the clean behemah, and from the whole of the clean flying-one, and is causing to ascend326 ascending-ones327 upon the slaughtering-place.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Noah will build an altar to Jehovah, and will take from all clean cattle, and from all clean birds, and will bring up a burnt offering upon the altar.
LITV Translation:
And Noah built an altar to Jehovah, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
ESV Translation:
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Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.

Footnotes

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Burnt-offerings are literally “ascendings”. Strong’s #5930, olah. a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); -- ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. Where do the offerings ascend to? Heaven. There is a picture evident in the process of flesh being changed into smoke in that one becomes spirit and rises to Heaven. Hence, “present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1).

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Burnt-offeringAscentStairs

Strong’s #5930, olah. That which goes up, ascending, ascent, a step. Collectively stairs,

And the food of his table and a seat of his slaves and a station of his ministers, and their clothing, and hi cupbearers, and his stairway [olah] which he is causing to ascend a house of Yahweh, and she has not become in herself again a spirit.” 1 Kings 10:5 literal

And steps [ma-olah] of seven of his ascensions [olah] and his porch to their faces, and palm-trees to himself, one from here, and one from here, toward his gateposts.” Ezekiel 40:26 literal