Genesis 6:21

6:21 And you must take ¹  for yourself every kind of food ²  that is eaten, ³  and gather it together. ⁴  It will be food for you and for them.

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¹ tn The verb is a direct imperative: “And you, take for yourself.” The form stresses the immediate nature of the instruction; the pronoun underscores the directness.

² tn Heb “from all food,” meaning “some of every kind of food.”

³ tn Or “will be eaten.”

⁴ tn Heb “and gather it to you.”