Genesis 6:21

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

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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 fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto you, 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 bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.

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

Psalms 136:25Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures for ever.

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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