Genesis 6:21

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

Darby Translation

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 fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.

22And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;

Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, [and] they wander for lack of meat?

Psalms 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

Psalms 147:9Who giveth to the cattle their food, 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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