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.

Genesis 9:3

9:3 You may eat any moving thing that lives. ⁵  As I gave you ⁶  the green plants, I now give ⁷  you everything.

[6:21]  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.

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “from all food,” meaning “some of every kind of food.”

[6:21]  ³ tn Or “will be eaten.”

[6:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and gather it to you.”

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “every moving thing that lives for you will be for food.”

[9:3]  ⁶ tn The words “I gave you” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:3]  ⁷ tn The perfect verb form describes the action that accompanies the declaration.