Genesis 8:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:22 : 22 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.
  • 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 9:7 : 7 And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
  • 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.
  • Jer 31:27-28 : 27 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. 28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Gen 7:14-15 : 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. 15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 8:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15 And God said to Noah,

    16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

  • Gen 8:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

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

  • Gen 9:7-8
    2 verses
    85%

    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 9:10
    85%

    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 9:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    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 7:7-9
    3 verses
    82%

    7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

    8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

    9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

  • Gen 6:17-21
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    80%

    17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

    18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

    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.

    21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

  • Gen 7:13-18
    6 verses
    80%

    13 On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

    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.

    15 They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

    16 Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

    17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

    18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

  • Gen 1:22
    80%

    22 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.

  • Gen 1:28
    79%

    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.

  • Gen 7:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

    24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 1:24-25
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Gen 8:1
    75%

    1 And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

  • Gen 7:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

    2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

    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.

    4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

  • Gen 7:21
    75%

    21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

  • Gen 1:20
    75%

    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.

  • Gen 8:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

    7 Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

  • Gen 9:17
    73%

    17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.

  • Gen 6:13
    72%

    13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.