Genesis 9:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.””
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“But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 9:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
- Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
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