Genesis 6:21
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You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
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He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.