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Genesis 9:1

Noah
Parents and childrenCreation
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.

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BSB
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
KJV
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
WEB
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
ASV
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
DARBY
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
BLB
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
ÅB
Og Gud velsignet Noah og hans sønner, og sa til dem: Vær fruktbare og bli mange og fyll opp jorden!
OTB
Gud velsignet Noah og hans sønner og sa til dem: "Vær fruktbare, bli mange og fyll jorden.
B1930
Og Gud velsignet Noah og hans sønner, og sa til dem: Vær fruktbare og bli mange og opfyll jorden!

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Cross references

  • Genesis 1:28

    And 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.

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  • Genesis 9:7

    And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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  • Genesis 1:22

    And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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  • Genesis 8:17

    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.

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  • Isaiah 51:2

    Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

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  • Psalms 128:3–4

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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  • Genesis 10:32

    These 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.

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  • Genesis 2:3

    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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