Genesis 6:21

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

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

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Cross References

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

Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his provision? when his young ones cry unto God, and wander about for lack of food?

Psalms 35:6May their way be dark and slippery: and may the angel of the Lord pursue them.

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food unto all flesh; for to eternity endureth his kindness.

Psalms 147:9Who giveth to the beast its 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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