Genesis 6:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. ”

• Genesis 6:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. Of all food that is eaten - That is, of the food proper for eve...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Genesis 6:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Flood This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. T...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (19-22) of every living thing of all flesh, two... — The vast size of the ark and the wide terms used of the animals to be collected into it, make it evident that Noah was to save not merely his do...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Noah Builds the Ark Genesis 6:9-22 Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay every native on some i...

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• Genesis 6:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting i...

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• Genesis 6:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten ,.... By man and beast; of which see Genesis 1:29 and thou shall gather [it] to thee ; to lay up in the ark: and it shall be for food for thee...

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• Genesis 6:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. Ver. 21. Take thou unto thee of all food. ] God could have k...

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• Genesis 6:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mix...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Prediction of the Deluge. B. C. 2448.       13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Genesis 1:29-30 .

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• Genesis 6:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Command to Prepare for the Flood ( Genesis 6:14-22 ) Genesis 6:14-16 ‘Make yourself an ark of gopher wood, make rooms (or alternatively ‘reeds' - which involves the same consonants, but dif...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:14 . Gopher wood.] Probably, “cypress” (Conant, Davies); “pitch-trees, resinous trees” (Gesenius); “a hard, strong tree, precise kind unknown” (Fürst).— Genesis 6:18...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge...

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• Genesis 6:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 6:2 . Sons of God. Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the daughters of men. Others unders...

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• Genesis 6:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh The flood I. The first fact that strikes us in the story of the flood is this: that God, on account of the wickedness...

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• Genesis 6:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  § 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH ( CH . 6:9-9:29). EXPOSITION Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah . "Novi capitis initium = "haec est historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesi...

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• Genesis 6:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Announcement of the Flood

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• Genesis 6:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Genesis 1:29 Genesis 1:30 Job 38:41 Job 40:20 Psalms 35:6 Psalms 104:27 Psalms 104:28 Psalms 136:25 Psalms 145:16 Psalms 147:9 Matthew 6:26

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• Genesis 6:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Noah and the Ark Genesis 6:11-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a verse in the New Testament which reads: "As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 1. One cannot...

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