Genesis 9:7

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.”

YLT

And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

DBY

And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.

DRC

But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it.

GNV

But bring ye forth fruite and multiplie: grow plentifully in the earth, and increase therein.

JPS

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'

LXXE

But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.

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WLC

וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ וּרְבוּ־בָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐξάνεσθε, καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς.

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• Noah and the Flood When human violence fills the earth, God grieves and resolves to judge it, but Noah finds favour and is told to build an ark for his family …

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
• 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 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
• 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.”

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