Genesis 1:28

New Century Version

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:22

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.”

Genesis 17:16

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

Genesis 17:20

“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah and said, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of people, and may your descendants capture the cities of their enemies.”

Genesis 26:24

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has given me. God has been good to me, your servant.”

Genesis 49:25

Your father’s God helps you. God Almighty blesses you. He blesses you with rain from above, with water from springs below, with many babies born to your wives, and many young ones born to your animals.

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female, and on that day he blessed them and named them human beings.

Genesis 6:1

The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.

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.

Genesis 9:7

“As for you, Noah, I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many.”

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel was sixth, Issachar was seventh, and Peullethai was eighth. God blessed Obed-Edom with children.

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Please do good things for me and give me more land. Stay with me, and don’t let anyone hurt me. Then I won’t have any pain.” And God did what Jabez had asked.

Job 39:11

Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and leave your heavy work for it to do?

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 107:38

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

Psalm 115:16

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

Psalm 69:34

Heaven and earth should praise him, the seas and everything in them.

Psalm 8:6

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

Psalm 8:7

all the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens. He is the God who formed the earth and made it. He did not want it to be empty, but he wanted life on the earth. This is what the Lord says: “I am the Lord. There is no other God.

Leviticus 26:9

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

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid people to marry and tell them not to eat certain foods which God created to be eaten with thanks by people who believe and know the truth.