Genesis 1:28

Good News Translation

blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

Cross References

Genesis 1:22

He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants.”

Genesis 17:20

I have heard your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make a great nation of his descendants.

Genesis 24:60

And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: “May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!”

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” “These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me,” Jacob answered.

Genesis 49:25

It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them “Human Beings.”)

Genesis 6:1

When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born,

Genesis 8:17

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

Genesis 9:7

“You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.”

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.

1 Chronicles 4:10

But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain.” And God gave him what he prayed for.

Job 39:11

Can you rely on his great strength and expect him to do your heavy work?

Job 42:12

The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys.

Psalm 107:38

He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

Psalm 115:16

Heaven belongs to the Lord alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.

Psalm 69:34

Praise God, O heaven and earth, seas and all creatures in them.

Psalm 8:6

You appointed them rulers over everything you made; you placed them over all creation:

Psalm 8:7

sheep and cattle, and the wild animals too;

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens— he is the one who is God! He formed and made the earth— he made it firm and lasting. He did not make it a desolate waste, but a place for people to live. It is he who says, “I am the Lord, and there is no other god.

Leviticus 26:9

I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you.

1 Timothy 4:3

Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.