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CHAPTER EXPLORER

Genesis 9

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29 verses in KJV · 231 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Genesis 9 (KJV)

9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Moses

Approximate study chronology: c. 1998 BC

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