Genesis 1:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 1:22

And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

Genesis 17:16

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 24:60

And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

Genesis 33:5

Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.

Genesis 49:25

Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

Genesis 5:2

Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

Genesis 6:1

And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

Genesis 8:17

Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

Genesis 9:1

And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

Genesis 9:7

And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for the blessing of God was on him.

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

Job 39:11

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

Job 42:12

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 107:38

He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the seas, and everything moving in them.

Psalm 8:6

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

Psalm 8:7

All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

Isaiah 45:18

For this is the word of the Lord who made the heavens; he is God; the maker and designer of the earth; who made it not to be a waste, but as a living-place for man: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Leviticus 26:9

And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.

1 Timothy 4:3

Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.