Genesis 9:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
  • 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 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

    2And 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 8:15-18
    4 verses
    85%

    15And God said to Noah,

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

    17Take 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.

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

  • Gen 1:28
    81%

    28And 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 9:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8And God said to Noah and to his sons,

    9Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,

    10And 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 1:22
    79%

    22And 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.

  • Jer 29:6
    75%

    6Take 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.

  • Gen 9:6
    75%

    6Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

  • Gen 28:3
    74%

    3And 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 9:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.

    20In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

  • Exod 1:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 107:37
    72%

    37And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • Deut 7:13
    72%

    13And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.

  • Gen 7:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1And 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.

    2Of 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;

    3And 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.

    4For 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.

  • Heb 6:14
    72%

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

  • Gen 6:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18But 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.

    19And 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.

  • Gen 17:6
    71%

    6I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

  • Gen 17:2
    71%

    2And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Lev 26:9
    71%

    9And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.

  • Gen 7:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

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

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

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

    10And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

  • Gen 1:26
    71%

    26And 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.

  • Gen 6:1
    70%

    1And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

  • Ezek 36:11
    70%

    11Man and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Gen 6:10
    70%

    10And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 9:17
    70%

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

  • Gen 9:27
    70%

    27May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

  • Deut 28:4
    70%

    4A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

  • Gen 6:21
    70%

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

  • Gen 1:11
    69%

    11And 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.

  • Gen 10:32
    69%

    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.

  • Gen 22:17
    69%

    17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

  • Gen 9:12
    69%

    12And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations: