Genesis 1:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 But be fruitefull, and multiplie you, breede in the earth, and increase therein.
  • 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.
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the Lorde, Euen he that created heauen, the God that made the earth & fassioned it, and set it foorth, he dyd not make it for naught, but to be inhabited, euen I the Lorde, without whom there is none other.
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.
  • 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.
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Iabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and shalt let thyne hande be with me, and wilt kepe me from euyll that it hurt me not. And God graunted him his desire.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe a mother of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 And as concernyng Ismael also I haue hearde thee: for I haue blessed him, and wyll make him fruitefull, and wyl multiplie him excedingly: Twelue princes shall he beget, and I wyll make a great nation of hym.
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father. 4 And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same night, and sayde: I am the God of Abraham thy father, feare not, for I am with thee, and wyl blesse thee and multiple thy seede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe the women & the children, and said: whence hast thou these? And he aunswered: they are the children which god hath geuen thy seruaunt.
  • Gen 49:25 : 25 From thy fathers God which hath helped thee, and from the almyghtie which hath blessed thee with blessinges from heauen aboue, with blessynges of the deepe that lyeth vnder, & with blessynges of the brestes and of the wombe.
  • 1 Chr 26:5 : 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seuenth, Peulthai the eyght, for God blessed him.
  • 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 69:34 : 34 Let heauen and earth prayse hym: the sea and all that moueth therin.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceedingly: and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
  • Ps 127:1-5 : 1 A song of high degrees (made) for Solomon. If GOD wyll not buylde the house, they labour in vayne that buylde it: if God kepe not the citie, the watchman waketh in vayne. 2 Is it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early, that ye make delayes to take rest, eatyng the bread of sorowes: euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued. 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde. 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table. 4 Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marrie & commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:20-22
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    89%

    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.

    22And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.

  • Gen 9:1-3
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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.

    3Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges.

  • Gen 1:24-27
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    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.

  • 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 8:17
    79%

    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 1:29-30
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    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.

  • Gen 2:18-19
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    18And the Lord God sayde: It is not good yt the man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym.

    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 5:1-2
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    1This is the booke of the generations of Ada. In the day that God created man, in the lykenesse of God made he hym.

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

  • Gen 2:15-16
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    15And the Lord God toke the man, and put hym in the garden of Eden, that he myght worke it, and kepe it.

    16And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying: eating, thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden:

  • Gen 1:9-12
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    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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    73%

    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 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:

  • Ps 8:6-7
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    72%

    6Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes: and thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete,

    7All sheepe and oxen, & also the beastes of the fielde:

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take you wiues to beare you sonnes and daughters, prouide wiues for your sonnes, and husbandes for your daughters, that they may get sonnes & daughters: and that ye may multiplie there, and decrease not.

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    72%

    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.

  • Gen 6:1
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    1And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

  • 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.

  • Mark 10:6
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    6But from the begynnyng of the creation, God made them male & female.

  • Ps 107:37-38
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    37And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes: and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites.

    38He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceedingly: and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

  • Deut 28:4
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    4Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy grounde, and the fruite of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.

  • Gen 6:19
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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.

  • 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.

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

  • Gen 1:6
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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.

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