Genesis 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.

Ge 1:29,30; Job 38:41; Job 40:20; Ps 35:6; Ps 104:27,28; Ps 136:25; Ps 145:16; Ps 147:9; Mt 6:26

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.”