Genesis 1:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

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  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
  • Job 40:15 : 15 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.
  • Ps 107:31 : 31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
  • Gen 30:30 : 30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields. 14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

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  • Gen 1:23-31
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    23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

    24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

    26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

    27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

    28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

    29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

    30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

    31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Gen 1:17-21
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    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

    18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

    19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

    20 And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

    21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 9:1-2
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    1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

    2 And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

  • Gen 8:17
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    17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

  • Gen 9:7-8
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    7 And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.

    8 And God said to Noah and to his sons,

  • Gen 1:6-12
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    6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

    7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

    8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

    9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

    10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

    12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

    15 And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 2:19
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    19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

  • Gen 7:3
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    3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

  • Gen 7:14
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    14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

  • Gen 5:2
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    2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

  • Ps 148:10
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    10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

  • Ps 8:8
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    8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

  • Gen 9:10
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    10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

  • Gen 6:19-20
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    19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

    20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    72%

    1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

    2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

    3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  • Gen 8:19
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    19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • Gen 28:3
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    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

  • Gen 8:15
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    15 And God said to Noah,

  • Deut 4:17
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    17 Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

  • Heb 6:14
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    14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Exod 1:7
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    7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.