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Genesis 9:7

Parents and children

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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

8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed 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!

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  • 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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  • 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 9:19

    These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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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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