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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 bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: 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, they wander for lack of meat. (Job 38:41)
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Job 40:20• 20Surely 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 the Lord persecute them. (Psa. 35:6)
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Psa. 104:27‑28• 27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
 28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine 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 mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Psa. 145:16• 16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (Psa. 145:16)
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Psa. 147:9• 9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Matt. 6:26• 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better 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."