Genesis 6:21

And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee, and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

In Context

20Of the birds according to their kind, and of the cattle according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two of every sort shall come to thee, to keep them alive.

22Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,

Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his prey when his young ones cry to God, [and] wander for lack of food?

Psalms 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery, and the agent of LORD pursuing them.

Psalms 136:25who gives food to all flesh, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

Psalms 147:9He gives to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:14-22

Prediction of the Deluge. ( b. c. 2448.) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window… Read the whole commentary →

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