Genesis 1:28

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 1:22

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

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 24:60

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”

Genesis 26:24

The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Genesis 33:5

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

Genesis 49:25

even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Genesis 5:2

He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.

Genesis 6:1

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 8:17

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

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

Genesis 9:7

Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”

1 Chronicles 26:5

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

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

Job 39:11

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

Job 42:12

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Psalm 107:38

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.

Psalm 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!

Psalm 8:6

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Psalm 8:7

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

Isaiah 45:18

For the LORD who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am the LORD. There is no other.

Leviticus 26:9

“‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

1 Timothy 4:3

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