Genesis 6:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.”

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  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 Then God said,“I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
  • Job 38:41 : 41 Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
  • Job 40:20 : 20 For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.
  • Ps 35:6 : 6 May their path be dark and slippery, as the LORD’s angel chases them!
  • Ps 104:27-28 : 27 All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis. 28 You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food.
  • Ps 136:25 : 25 to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures.
  • Ps 145:16 : 16 You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
  • Matt 6:26 : 26 Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?

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  • Gen 6:18-20
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    81%

    18but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark– you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

    19You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

    20Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.

  • Gen 8:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15Then God spoke to Noah and said,

    16“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

    17Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”

  • Gen 9:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

    2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

    3You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

  • Gen 6:22
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    22And Noah did all that God commanded him– he did indeed.

  • Gen 1:29-30
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    75%

    29Then God said,“I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

    30And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

  • Gen 7:1-3
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    1The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

    2You must take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

    3and also seven pairs of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the entire earth.

  • Gen 7:14-16
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    74%

    14They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.

    15Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

    16Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the LORD shut him in.

  • Gen 7:8-9
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    8Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

    9male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.

  • Gen 9:10
    74%

    10and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you– every living creature of the earth.

  • Lev 25:7
    73%

    7your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land– all its produce will be for you to eat.

  • Gen 8:19
    73%

    19Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

  • Deut 14:6
    72%

    6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud.

  • Deut 14:20
    71%

    20You may eat any clean winged creature.

  • Exod 16:16
    71%

    16“This is what the LORD has commanded:‘Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.’”

  • Gen 7:21
    71%

    21And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

  • Lev 11:2
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    2“Tell the Israelites:‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.

  • Gen 41:36
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    36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

  • Gen 7:23
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    23So the LORD destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

  • Ps 104:27
    70%

    27All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

  • Gen 2:16
    70%

    16Then the LORD God commanded the man,“You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard,

  • Gen 6:13-14
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    13So God said to Noah,“I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

    14Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.

  • Gen 9:7-8
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    7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

    8God said to Noah and his sons,

  • Gen 1:22
    70%

    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

  • Num 11:22
    69%

    22Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

  • Deut 14:11
    69%

    11All ritually clean birds you may eat.

  • Deut 12:22
    69%

    22Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.

  • Lev 11:9
    69%

    9Clean and Unclean Water Creatures“‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.