Genesis 1:28

New English Translation

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:22

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah with these words: “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”

Genesis 26:24

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 descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 33:5

When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 49:25

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”

Genesis 6:1

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 8:17

Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”

Genesis 9:1

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

Genesis 9:7

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

1 Chronicles 26:5

the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” God answered his prayer.

Job 39:11

Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalm 107:38

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.

Psalm 69:34

Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

Psalm 8:6

you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,

Psalm 8:7

including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Leviticus 26:9

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

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.