Genesis 1:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.

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  • Gen 8:17 : 17 And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth.
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, sixe thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses:
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceedingly: and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
  • Job 40:15 : 15 Beholde the beaste Behemoth, who I made with thee, which eateth haye as an oxe:
  • Ps 107:31 : 31 O that men would confesse vnto god: his louyng kyndnes and meruaylous actes done to the chyldren of men.
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 To whom Laban aunswered: I pray thee, yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght tary: for I haue proued that the Lorde blessed me for thy sake.
  • Gen 30:30 : 30 For that litle which thou haddest before I came, is nowe increased into a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee through my trauell: but nowe when shall I make prouision for myne owne house also?
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 And God sayd vnto him: I am God almightie, be fruitefull and multiplie: a nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, yea and kinges shall come out of thy loynes.
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 For I wyll haue respect vnto you, and make you increase, and multiplie you, and set vp my couenaunt with you.
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 That the corners of our houses may be fylled, yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore: that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes, yea ten thousandes in our streates. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay: no leadyng into captiuitie, and no complaynyng in our streates.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche: and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it.

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  • Gen 1:23-31
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    23And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day.

    24And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde, cattell, worme, and beastes of the earth after his kynde: and it was so.

    25God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.

    26God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.

    27So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

    29And God sayde: beholde, I haue geuen you euery hearbe bearing seede, which is in the vpper face of all ye earth, and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede, that they may be meate vnto you:

    30To euery beast of the earth also, and to euery birde of the aire, and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon ye earth, which doth liue, I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate: and it was so.

    31And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.

  • Gen 1:17-21
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    17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

    18And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

    19And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.

    20And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

    21And God created great whales, and euery lyuyng & mouing creature, which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde, & euery fethered foule after their kynde: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 9:1-2
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    1And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth.

    2The feare of you, & the dread of you, shalbe vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery foule of the ayre, vpon al that moueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea, into your hande are they deliuered.

  • Gen 8:17
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    17And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.

  • Gen 9:7-8
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    7But be fruitefull, and multiplie you, breede in the earth, and increase therein.

    8God spake also vnto Noah, & to his sonnes with hym, saying:

  • Gen 1:6-12
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    6And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which were vnder the firmament, and the waters that were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

    9And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.

    10And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

    11And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth both budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth both bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.

    15And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.

  • Gen 2:19
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    19And so out of the grounde the Lorde God had shapen euery beast of the field, and euery foule of the ayre, and brought it vnto man, that he myght see howe he woulde call it. For lykewyse as man hym selfe named euery lyuyng thyng, euen so was the name therof.

  • Gen 7:3
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    3Of foules also of the ayre seuen and seuen, the male and the female, to kepe seede alyue vpon the face of all the whole earth.

  • Gen 7:14
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    14They, and euery beast after his kinde, and al the cattel after their kinde, yea, and euery worme that creepeth vpon the grounde after his kinde, and euerye byrde after his kinde, and euery fleeyng and fethered foule.

  • Gen 5:2
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    2Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the daye of their creation.

  • Ps 148:10
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    10Beastes and all cattell: wormes and fethered foules.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8the foules of the ayre, and the fishe of the sea, and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas.

  • Gen 9:10
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    10And with euery liuing creature that is with you, in foule, in cattell, in euery beast of the earth whiche is with you, of all that go out of the arke, whatsoeuer liuing thyng of the earth it be.

  • Gen 6:19-20
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    19And of euery lyuyng thyng of all fleshe, a payre of euery one shalt thou bryng into the arke to kepe them alyue with thee, they shalbe male & female.

    20Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe them alyue.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    1In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth.

    2And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes was vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.

    3And God sayde, let there be light: and there was light.

  • Gen 8:19
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    19Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.

  • Gen 28:3
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    3And God almyghtie blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, & multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a number of people:

  • Gen 8:15
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    15And God spake vnto Noah, saying:

  • Deut 4:17
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    17The likenesse of any maner of beast that is on the earth, or the likenesse of any maner fethered foule that fleeth in the ayre,

  • Heb 6:14
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    14Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee.

  • Exod 1:7
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    7And the children of Israel were fruitfull, encreased, multiplied, & waxed exceedyng myghtie, and the lande was full of them.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.