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Genesis 9:7

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5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

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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
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
KJV
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
WEB
Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly on the earth, and multiply in it.”
ASV
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
DARBY
And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
BLB
And you⁺, be fruitful and multiply; swarm on the earth and multiply on it.”
ÅB
Og vær dere fruktbare og bli mange, vrimle på jorden og bli mange på den!
OTB
Men dere, vær fruktbare og bli mange; øk dere stort på jorden og bli mange på den."
B1930
Og vær I fruktbare og bli mange, vrimle på jorden og bli mange på den!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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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  • 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 9:19

    These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

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  • Genesis 8:17

    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.”

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