Genesis 1:28

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

God blessed them and said to them, “Have many children. Fill the earth and take control of it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.

Genesis 9:7

“Have many children and fill the earth with your people.”

Leviticus 26:9

“Then I will turn to you. I will let you have many children. I will keep my agreement with you.

Genesis 1:22

God blessed all the living things in the sea and told them to have many babies and fill the seas. And he blessed the birds on land and told them to have many more babies.

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord is God. He made the skies and the earth. He put the earth in its place. He did not want the earth to be empty when he made it. He created it to be lived on. “I am the Lord. There is no other God.

Genesis 17:20

“You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Genesis 8:17

Bring every living animal out of the boat with you—all the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. These animals will make many more animals, and they will fill the earth again.”

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them with many children and plenty of animals.

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez prayed to the God of Israel and said, “I pray that you would bless me and give me more land! Be near me and don’t let anyone hurt me! Then I will not have any pain.” God gave Jabez what he asked for.

Genesis 26:24

The Lord spoke to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid. I am with you, and I will bless you. I will make your family great. I will do this because of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her.”

Genesis 49:25

the God of your father who helps you. May God All-Powerful bless you and give you blessings from the sky above and from the deep below. May he give you blessings from breast and womb.

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel was his sixth son, Issachar his seventh son, and Peullethai his eighth son. God really blessed Obed Edom.

Genesis 33:5

Esau looked up and saw the women and children. He said, “Who are all these people with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children that God gave me. God has been good to me.”

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of millions of people, and may your descendants defeat their enemies and take their cities.”

Psalm 69:34

Praise him, heaven and earth! Sea and everything in it, praise him!

Job 42:12

The Lord blessed Job with even more than he had in the beginning. Job got 14,000 sheep, 6000 camels, 2000 oxen, and 1000 female donkeys.

1 Timothy 4:3

They say that it is wrong to marry. And they say that there are some foods that people must not eat. But God made these foods, and those who believe and who understand the truth can eat them with thanks.

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female. And on the same day he made them, he blessed them and called them “humans.”

Psalm 8:6

You put them in charge of everything you made. You put everything under their control.

Genesis 6:1

The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, “People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years.” During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.

Job 39:11

A wild bull is very strong, but can you trust him to do your work?

Psalm 8:7

People rule over the sheep and cattle and all the wild animals.

Psalm 115:16

Heaven belongs to the Lord, but he gave the earth to people.