Genesis 1:28

New King James Version

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 9:1

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

Genesis 9:7

And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”

Leviticus 26:9

‘For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 8:17

Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

Psalm 107:38

He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; And He does not let their cattle decrease.

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

Genesis 26:24

And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”

Genesis 49:25

By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So he said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: “Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them.”

Psalm 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

Job 42:12

Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.

Psalm 8:6

You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

Genesis 6:1

Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Job 39:11

Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

Psalm 8:7

All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field,

Psalm 115:16

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.