Genesis 1:22

Contemporary English Version 1995

Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.

Cross References

Genesis 8:17

Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth.”

Psalm 107:38

The Lord will bless you with many children and with herds of cattle.

Job 40:15

I created both you and the hippopotamus. It eats only grass like an ox,

Genesis 1:28

God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

Job 42:12

The Lord now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.

Genesis 9:1

God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth.

Proverbs 10:22

When the Lord blesses you with riches, you have nothing to regret.

Psalm 128:3

Your wife will be as fruitful as a grapevine, and just as an olive tree is rich with olives, your home will be rich with healthy children.

Psalm 107:31

You should praise the Lord for his love and for the wonderful things he does for all of us.

Leviticus 26:9

I will treat you with such kindness that your nation will grow strong, and I will also keep my promises to you.

Genesis 30:30

You didn't have much before I came, but the Lord has blessed everything I have ever done for you. Now it's time for me to start looking out for my own family.

Genesis 30:27

But Laban told him, “If you really are my friend, stay on, and I'll pay whatever you ask. I'm sure the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

Genesis 1:21

So God made the giant sea monsters and all the living creatures that swim in the ocean. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:23

Evening came, then morning—that was the fifth day.