Genesis 1:28 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁸ And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Common English Bible

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it. Take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, and everything crawling on the ground.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And God blessed them, and he said, "Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."

Genesis 1:28 Cross References

Genesis 1:22

And Elohim blessed them, saying, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Genesis 17:16

“And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

Genesis 17:20

“And as for Yishmaʽ

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Riḇ

Genesis 26:24

And יהוה  appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Aḇ

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?” And he said, “The children with whom Elohim has favoured your servant.”

Genesis 49:25

from the Ě

Genesis 5:2

Male and female He created them, and He blessed them, and called their name ‘Aḏ

Genesis 6:1

And it came to be, when men began to increase on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 8:17

“Bring out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you: of birds, of cattle and all creeping creatures that creep on the earth. And let them teem on the earth, and bear and increase on the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

And Elohim blessed Noaḥ

Genesis 9:7

“As for you, bear fruit and increase, bring forth teemingly in the earth and increase in it.”

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammi’ĕ

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Yaḇ

Job 39:11

Would you rely on his great strength? Or would you leave your labour to him?

Job 42:12

And יהוה  blessed the latter days of Iyoḇ

Psalm 107:38

And He blesses them, And they increase greatly; And He lets not their cattle diminish.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the heavens of יהוה ; But He has given the earth to the children of men.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and earth praise Him, The seas and all that moves in them.

Psalm 8:6

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all under his feet,

Psalm 8:7

All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,

Isaiah 45:18

For thus said יהוה, Creator of the heavens, He is Elohim, Former of earth and its Maker, He established it, He did not create it to be empty, He formed it to be inhabited: “I am יהוה, and there is none else.

Leviticus 26:9

‘And I shall turn to you and make you bear fruit, and shall increase you, and shall establish My covenant with you.

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which Elohim created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.