Genesis 6:21

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, [and] of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.

22And Noah did [so],—according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:29And God said—Lo! I have given to you—every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,—to you, shall it be, for food;

Job 38:41Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment,—when his young ones—unto GOD—cry out, [when] they wander for lack of food?

Psalms 35:6Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.

Psalms 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Psalms 147:9Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they 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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