Genesis 6:21
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.
Genesis 6:21 in other translations
| BSB | You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.” |
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| WEB | Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them. |
| Webster | And take thou to 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. |
What does Genesis 6:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:17-22
17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Ge 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 6:12-21
God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psa 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings of the written word. God chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. As he chooses the rod with which he corrects his children, so he chooses the sword with which he cuts off…
Genesis 6:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 6:21
- Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Psalms 145:16
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
- Genesis 1:29-30
And 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 meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
- Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
- Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
- Psalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
- Psalms 104:27-28
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
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Context
- Genesis 6:20
Of 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 thee, to keep them alive.
- Genesis 6:21
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.
- Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 6:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y toma contigo de toda vianda que se come, y allégala á ti; servirá de alimento para ti y para ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et toi, prends de tout aliment qui se mange, et tu en feras provision près de toi; et cela vous sera pour nourriture, à toi et à eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du, nimm dir von aller Speise, die gegessen wird und sammle sie bei dir auf, daß sie dir und ihnen zur Nahrung sei. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis, quæ mandi possunt, et comportabis apud te: et erunt tam tibi, quam illis in cibum. |