Genesis 6:21
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New International Version (©2011)
You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."

New Living Translation (©2007)
And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals."

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 American Standard Bible (©1995)
"As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Take with you every kind of food that is eaten; gather it as food for you and for them."

International Standard Version (©2012)
For your part, take some of the edible food and store it away—these stores will be food for you and the animals."

NET Bible (©2006)
And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Take every kind of food that can be eaten and store it. It will be food for you and the animals."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And take with 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.

American King James Version
And take you to 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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee: and it shall be food for thee and them.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them."

Young's Literal Translation
'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.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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, Ps 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 his covenant with Noah. This is the first place in the Bible where the word 'covenant' is found; it seems to mean, 1. The covenant of providence; that the course of nature shall be continued to the end of time. 2. The covenant of grace; that God would be a God to Noah, and that out of his seed God would take to himself a people. God directed Noah to make an ark. This ark was like the hulk of a ship, fitted to float upon the waters. It was very large, half the size of St. Paul's cathedral, and would hold more than eighteen of the largest ships now used. God could have secured Noah without putting him to any care, or pains, or trouble; but employed him in making that which was to be the means to preserve him, for the trial of his faith and obedience. Both the providence of God, and the grace of God, own and crown the obedient and diligent. God gave Noah particular orders how to make the ark, which could not therefore but be well fitted for the purpose. God promised Noah that he and his family should be kept alive in the ark. What we do in obedience to God, we and our families are likely to have the benefit of. The piety of parents gets their children good in this life, and furthers them in the way to eternal life, if they improve it.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten,.... By man and beast; of which see Genesis 1:29.

and thou shall gather it to thee; to lay up in the ark:

and it shall be for food for thee, and for them: during the flood, a quantity sufficient for them: and according to the calculation of learned men (n), well versed in mathematics, there was room enough in the ark, and to spare, to put food for them all during the time the flood was on the earth.

(n) Buteo de Area Noe, Wilkins's Essay towards a real Character, Bedford's Chronology, &c.

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Noah Builds the Ark
…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 to you, to keep them alive. 21And take you to 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. 22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 1:29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
Genesis 1:30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.