Genesis 8:17

¹⁵ Then God said to Noah,

¹⁶ “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

¹⁸ So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

¹⁹ Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
KJV: Bring 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.
WEB: Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”
ASV: Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
DARBY: Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
BLB: Every living thing that [is] with you—all flesh, the bird, and the livestock, and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—bring out with you, and let them swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

ÅB: Alle de dyr som er hos deg, alt kjød, både fuglene og feet og alt krypet som rører seg på jorden, skal du føre ut med deg, og de skal vrimle på jorden og være fruktbare og bli mange på jorden.
OTB: Ta med deg alle levende skapninger som er med deg—fuglene, dyrene og alle skapninger som beveger seg på jorden—så de kan formere seg rikelig på jorden, og være fruktbare og bli mange."
B1930: Alle de dyr som er hos dig, alt kjød, både fuglene og feet og alt krypet som rører sig på jorden, skal du føre ut med dig, og de skal vrimle på jorden og være fruktbare og bli mange på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
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Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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Psalms 107:38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
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Jeremiah 31:27–28
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
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Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
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Genesis 7:14–15
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
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Psalms 144:13–14
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
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