Genesis 1:22

New Century Version

God blessed them and said, “Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:21

So God created the large sea animals and every living thing that moves in the sea. The sea is filled with these living things, with each one producing more of its own kind. He also made every bird that flies, and each bird produced more of its own kind. God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:23

Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said, “Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 30:27

Laban said to him, “If I have pleased you, please stay. I know the Lord has blessed me because of you.

Genesis 30:30

When I came, you had little, but now you have much. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. But when will I be able to do something for my own family?”

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.

Genesis 8:17

Bring every animal out of the boat with you—the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. Let them have many young ones so that they might grow in number.”

Genesis 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children; grow in number and fill the earth.

Job 40:15

“Look at Behemoth, which I made just as I made you. It eats grass like an ox.

Job 42:12

The Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life even more than the first part. Job had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand teams of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Psalm 107:31

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his love and for the miracles he does for people.

Psalm 107:38

God blessed them, and they grew in number. Their cattle did not become fewer.

Psalm 128:3

Your wife will give you many children, like a vine that produces much fruit. Your children will bring you much good, like olive branches that produce many olives.

Proverbs 10:22

The Lord’s blessing brings wealth, and no sorrow comes with it.

Leviticus 26:9

“ ‘Then I will show kindness to you and let you have many children; I will keep my agreement with you.