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Genesis 6:21
21And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
Genesis 6:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
Context of Genesis 6:21
19Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. 20Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.” 22So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Read all of Genesis 6Genesis 6:21 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֗ מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֛ וְלָהֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 6:21
- Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
- Job 40:20The mountains offer it their best food, where all the wild animals play.
- Psalms 35:6Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
- Psalms 104:27They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.
- Psalms 136:25He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever.
- Psalms 145:16When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.
- Psalms 147:9He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
Commentaries on Genesis 6:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Of all food that is eaten - That is, of the food proper for every species of animals.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 - Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah‘s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 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 his enemies. God established…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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