Genesis 6:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 6:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
- Genesis 1:30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- Job 40:20The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
- Psalms 35:6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
- Psalms 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 145:16You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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