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Genesis 6

Gen. 6:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
thou unto thee of all food
ma'akal (Hebrew #3978)
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
KJV usage: food, fruit, ((bake-)) meat(-s), victual.
Pronounce: mah-ak-awl'
Origin: from 398
that is eaten
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and thou shalt gather
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
it to thee; and it shall be for food
'oklah (Hebrew #402)
food
KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Pronounce: ok-law'
Origin: feminine of 401
for thee, and for them.

Cross References

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Gen. 1:29‑30• 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you;
 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so. (Gen. 1:29‑30)
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Job 38:41• 41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:41)
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Job 40:20• 20For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. (Job 40:20)
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Psa. 35:6• 6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. (Psa. 35:6)
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Psa. 104:27‑28• 27These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:
 28That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. (Psa. 104:27‑28)
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Psa. 136:25• 25Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Psa. 145:16• 16Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (Psa. 145:16)
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Psa. 147:9• 9Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Matt. 6:26• 26Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they? (Matt. 6:26)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gathera it to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "thou shalt assemble."