Jeremiah 29:6

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.

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  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land: 4 Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married. 37 But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin. 38 So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,
  • Gen 1:27-28 : 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.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 24:3-4 : 3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.
  • Gen 24:51 : 51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
  • Gen 28:1-4 : 1 Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan; 2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 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. 4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
  • Gen 29:19 : 19 And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
  • Gen 34:4 : 4 And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
  • Judg 1:12-14 : 12 And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it. 13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife. 14 Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.

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    2 You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

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    12 So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

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

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    7 And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.

  • Exod 34:16
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    16 Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

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    9 And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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  • Gen 28:2-3
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    2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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  • Deut 3:19
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    19 But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for it is clear that you have much cattle) may go on living in the towns I have given you;

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    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.

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    41 You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.

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    72%

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Deut 7:13
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    13 And 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 6:1-2
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    1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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    71%

    3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • Gen 9:1
    71%

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

  • Ezra 10:44
    71%

    44 All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.

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    2 Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.

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    3 Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

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    16 Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

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    21 So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

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    70%

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

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    70%

    18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

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    70%

    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.

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    70%

    21 It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

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    7 And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

  • Gen 8:16-17
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    16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

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    4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

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    17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

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    4 A 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.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • Exod 21:10
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    10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

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  • Deut 29:11
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    11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you: