KJV King James Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
WEB World English Bible
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
ASV American Standard Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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וַיְבָ֣רֶךְH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נֹ֖חַH5146 · no.achNoahוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בָּנָ֑יוH1121 · benson: childוַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלָהֶ֛םH9038 · hemthemפְּר֥וּH6509 · pa.rahbe fruitfulוּרְב֖וּH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyוּמִלְא֥וּH4390 · ma.leto fillאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.Genesis 8:17Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.Psalm 128:3-4Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.Genesis 10:32These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.Genesis 9:19These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.Psalm 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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