Genesis 9:1

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

And God blesses Noah and his sons, and says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

YLT

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

DBY

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.Elohim

DRC

And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth.

GNV

And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.

JPS

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.

LXXE

And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.

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WLC

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־נֹ֖חַ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֖וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εὐλόγησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Νῶε, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς.

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• Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 9:7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
• Genesis 1:28God 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.”
• Genesis 8:17Bring 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.”
• Genesis 1:22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
• Psalms 128:3–4Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
• Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
• Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
• Genesis 10:32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
• Genesis 2:3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
• Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
• Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

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