Genesis 6:21
in Genesis 6You 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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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.
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.
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This verse in Genesis 6
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
will come to you to be kept alive
on Genesis 6:20-22
The creatures come to Noah on their own, two of every kind, to be kept alive. What he is told to do is gather food for himself and for the animals. The chapter closes on one line, that Noah did everything as God commanded. 2 Peter 2:5 calls him a preacher of righteousness.
This site's exposition
every kind of food
The food for man and beast recalls 1:29 and 30, where God gave plants as food to both. Meat is first given at 9:3, after the flood. Matthew Henry saw Noah here as a type of Christ, who preserves those He will rule.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Therefore, you shall take with you of all food that can be eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it shall be food both for you and for them.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
This was a great honour put upon him, that not only in him the race of mankind should be kept up, and that from him should proceed a new world, the church, the soul of the world, and Messiah, the head of that church, but that he should be instrumental to preserve the inferior creatures, and so mankind should in him acquire a new title to them and their service.
Herein also he was a type of Christ, to whom it is owing that the world stands, by whom all things consist, and who preserves mankind from being totally cut off and ruined by sin; in him the holy seed is saved alive, and the creation rescued from the vanity under which it groans. Noah saved those whom he was to rule, so does Christ, Heb. v. 9 .
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten,....
Herein also he was a type of Christ, to whom it is owing that the world stands, by whom all things consist, and who preserves mankind from being totally cut off and ruined by sin; in him the holy seed is saved alive, and the creation rescued from the vanity under which it groans. Noah saved those whom he was to rule, so does Christ, Heb. v. 9 .
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Of all food that is eaten - That is, of the food proper for every species of animals.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֣ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| קַח־ | kach- | take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| לְךָ֗ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| מִכָּל־ | mikol | some of all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַֽאֲכָל֙ | maakhal | food | H3978 → | 30 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל | yeakhel | <it> is eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ | veasafta | and you will gather [it] | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֵלֶ֑יךָ | ʾeleikha | to yourself | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | vehayah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | for you | ||
| וְלָהֶ֖ם | velahem | and for <the> them | ||
| לְאָכְלָֽה׃ | leokhlah | <into> food | H402 → | 18 times |
וְאַתָּ֣הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
קַח־take
kach-H3947 →966 times
לְךָ֗for <the> yourself
lekha
מִכָּל־some of all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
מַֽאֲכָל֙food
maakhalH3978 →30 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל<it> is eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
וְאָסַפְתָּ֖and you will gather [it]
veasaftaH622 →200 times
אֵלֶ֑יךָto yourself
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
וְהָיָ֥הand it will become
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֛for you
lekha
וְלָהֶ֖םand for <the> them
velahem
לְאָכְלָֽה׃<into> food
leokhlahH402 →18 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 145:16You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
it leads to
- Psalms 104:28
When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
- Psalms 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- Psalms 132:15
I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Job 38:27
to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
- Psalms 104:28
Through
Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
it leads to
- Psalms 145:15
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalms 104:27
All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Psalms 145:15
Through
Job 40:20The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
it leads to
- Psalms 104:26
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
- Psalms 104:26
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.