Genesis 9:7

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But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply upon it.

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  • Gen 9:1 : 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
  • Gen 1:28 : 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 8:17 : 17 Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'

    2The fear and dread of you will be upon every animal of the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.

  • Gen 8:15-18
    4 verses
    85%

    15Then God spoke to Noah, saying:

    16Leave the ark, you and your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

    17Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.

    18So Noah went out, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.

  • Gen 1:28
    81%

    28God 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 9:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

    9'Behold, I am establishing My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

    10and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the creatures of the earth—that came out of the ark with you, every living thing on the earth.

  • Gen 1:22
    79%

    22God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

  • Jer 29:6
    75%

    6Take 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.

  • Gen 9:6
    75%

    6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.

  • Gen 28:3
    74%

    3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples.

  • Gen 9:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

    20Noah, a man of the soil, began to work the land and planted a vineyard.

  • Exod 1:7
    73%

    7But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

  • Ps 107:37
    72%

    37They sowed fields and planted vineyards, which yielded a fruitful harvest.

  • Deut 7:13
    72%

    13He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land—your grain, your new wine, and your fresh oil—the young of your livestock and the calves of your herds in the land that He swore to your ancestors to give you.

  • Gen 7:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.'

    2Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, each male and its female, and of the animals that are not clean, take two, each male and its female.

    3Also take seven pairs of the birds of the sky, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

    4For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out every living thing I have made from the face of the ground.

  • Heb 6:14
    72%

    14saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Gen 6:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

    19And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

  • Gen 17:6
    71%

    6I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

  • Gen 17:2
    71%

    2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will greatly multiply you.

  • Lev 26:9
    71%

    9I will turn to you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will confirm my covenant with you.

  • Gen 7:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

    7Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

    8From the clean animals, from the animals that are not clean, from the birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground,

    9two by two they came to Noah and entered the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

    10And after seven days, the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:26
    71%

    26Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.'

  • Gen 6:1
    70%

    1When mankind began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

  • Ezek 36:11
    70%

    11I will increase the number of people and animals on you, and they will be fruitful and multiply. I will make you inhabited as you were in the past and will do even better for you than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Gen 6:10
    70%

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

  • Gen 9:17
    70%

    17Then God said to Noah, 'This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.'

  • Gen 9:27
    70%

    27May God enlarge Japheth's territory, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and may Canaan be his servant.

  • Deut 28:4
    70%

    4Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks.

  • Gen 6:21
    70%

    21Take with you every kind of food that is eaten and store it; it will serve as food for you and for them.

  • Gen 1:11
    69%

    11Then God said, 'Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds, on the earth.' And it was so.

  • Gen 10:32
    69%

    32These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these, the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

  • Gen 22:17
    69%

    17I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

  • Gen 9:12
    69%

    12And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations: