God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
Genesis 9:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it. American Standard Version (1901) And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Common English Bible As for you, be fertile and multiply. Populate the earth and multiply in it.” Catholic Public Domain Version But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But increase you and multiply:, and go upon the earth, and fill it. |
God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you – the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground – so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.’
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.