Verse 6

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage so they may have sons and daughters. Multiply there, and do not decrease.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ta dere koner og få sønner og døtre. La deres sønner gifte seg med kvinner, og la deres døtre gifte seg med menn, så de kan få sønner og døtre. Bli mange der og ikke færre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ta dere koner og få sønner og døtre. Ta koner til deres sønner og gi deres døtre til ektemenn, slik at de kan føde sønner og døtre. Bli mange der, og ikke bli færre.

• Norsk King James

  Ta dere koner, få sønner og døtre; ta koner til deres sønner, og gi døtrene deres til menn, så de kan få sønner og døtre; så dere kan vokse der, og ikke minke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre, finn koner til sønnene deres og gift døtrene deres bort, slik at de kan få sønner og døtre; øk der, og bli ikke færre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ta dere koner og få sønner og døtre, ta koner til sønnene deres og gi døtrene deres til menn, så de kan føde sønner og døtre. Øk der og bli ikke få.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  ta ektemøer og få sønner og døtre; ta koner til deres sønner, og gi deres døtre til ektemenn, slik at de kan få sønner og døtre, så dere kan bli fler der og ikke minke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ta dere koner og få sønner og døtre; gi også deres sønner koner og deres døtre til ektemenn, slik at de kan føde sønner og døtre – så skal dere øke i antall og ikke minke.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  ta ektemøer og få sønner og døtre; ta koner til deres sønner, og gi deres døtre til ektemenn, slik at de kan få sønner og døtre, så dere kan bli fler der og ikke minke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ta dere hustruer og få sønner og døtre; gi deres sønner hustruer og gift bort deres døtre, så de kan få sønner og døtre. Bli mer tallrike der, ikke bli færre!

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre. Ta koner for deres sønner og gi deres døtre til ektemenn, så de kan føde sønner og døtre. Bli mange der, ikke bli færre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tager Hustruer og avler Sønner og Døttre, og tager eders Sønner Hustruer og giver eders Døttre Mænd, og de skulle føde Sønner og Døttre; og formerer eder der, og I skulle ikke formindskes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre; ta koner for sønnene deres og gi døtrene deres i ekteskap, så de kan få sønner og døtre; bli mange der, ikke bli færre.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre; ta koner til sønnene deres, og gi døtrene deres bort i ekteskap, så de kan føde sønner og døtre; bli mange der, og ikke mink i antall.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ta dere hustruer og få sønner og døtre; ta hustruer til deres sønner og gi deres døtre til menn, så de kan få sønner og døtre. Øk i antall der og bli ikke få.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre; ta koner til sønnene deres og gifte bort døtrene deres, slik at de kan få sønner og døtre. Bli mange der og bli ikke færre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ta koner og få sønner og døtre, og la sønnene deres ta koner og gi døtrene deres til menn, så de kan få sønner og døtre. Øk i antall der og bli ikke færre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  take you wyues, to beare you sonnes and doughters: prouyde wyues for youre sonnes, & hu?bondes for youre doughters: that they maye get sonnes & doughters, and that ye maye multiplie there. Laboure not to be fewe,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Take you wiues to beare you sonnes and daughters, prouide wiues for your sonnes, and husbandes for your daughters, that they may get sonnes & daughters: and that ye may multiplie there, and decrease not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don't be diminished.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters to get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 16:2-4 : 2 You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land: 4 They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will lie like dung on the ground. They will perish by the sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
• 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.
• 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
• Gen 1:27-28 : 27 So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'
• Gen 9:7 : 7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply upon it.
• Gen 21:21 : 21 While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
• Gen 24:3-4 : 3 I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living. 4 Instead, go to my country and my kindred to choose a wife for my son Isaac.
• Gen 24:51 : 51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.
• Gen 24:60 : 60 They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gate of their enemies."
• Gen 28:1-4 : 1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, saying, 'Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.' 2 Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and take a wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3 May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.
• Gen 29:19 : 19 Laban replied, 'It is better for me to give her to you than to another man. Stay here with me.'
• Gen 34:4 : 4 Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife."
• Judg 1:12-14 : 12 Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher." 13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage. 14 When she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"
• Judg 12:9 : 9 He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent his daughters outside the family for marriage and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. He judged Israel for seven years.
• Judg 14:2 : 2 He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.'