Genesis 9:1

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Genesis 9:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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

2 The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

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Genesis 9:7

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

Genesis 1:22

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

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.”

Genesis 2:3

Then 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 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.”

Genesis 24:60

And 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.”

Psalms 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalms 128:3

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Psalms 128:4

In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

Isaiah 51:2

Look 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 9:19

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

Genesis 10:32

All 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.