Genesis 6:21

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

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

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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 provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?

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

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh, for His mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 147:9He giveth 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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