Genesis 1:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,  and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’

Cross References

Genesis 9:1

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

Genesis 9:7

But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.’

Leviticus 26:9

‘I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm my covenant with you.

Genesis 1:22

God blessed them: ‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.’

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the  Lord  says – the Creator of the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it (he did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited)   – he says, ‘I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders,  and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 8:17

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you #– #birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth #– #and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called out to the God of Israel, ‘If only you would bless me, extend my border, let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not experience pain’.  And God granted his request.

Genesis 26:24

and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham.  Do not be afraid, for I am with you.  I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.’

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her.  I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’

Genesis 49:25

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, ‘Who are these with you? ’ He answered, ‘The children God has graciously given your servant.’

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her: Our sister, may you become thousands upon ten thousands. May your offspring possess the city gates of their   enemies.

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage  and demand abstinence  from foods that God created  to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

Genesis 5:2

he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.

Genesis 6:1

When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Job 39:11

Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?