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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] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree producing seed: to you it shall be for food;
 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon 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 meat,{HR}When his young cry to God [El] — wander without food? (Job 38:41)
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Job 40:20• 20For the mountains bring food for him,{HR}And all the beasts of the field play there. (Job 40:20)
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Psa. 35:6• 6Their way shall be darkness and slippery places;{HR}And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. (Psa. 35:6)
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Psa. 104:27‑28• 27All of them wait on thee{HR}To give [them] their food in its season.
 28Thou givest to them, they gather;{HR}Thou openest thy hand,{HR}They are satisfied with good. (Psa. 104:27‑28)
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Psa. 136:25• 25Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Psa. 145:16• 16Thou openest thy hand{HR}And satisfiest the pleasure of every living thing. (Psa. 145:16)
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Psa. 147:9• 9Giving to cattle their food,{HR}To young (sons of) ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Matt. 6:26• 26Look at the birds of the heavens, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father nourisheth them. Are ye not 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, and it shall be for food for thee and for them.