Genesis 1:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruite and multiplie, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, & ouer euery beast that moueth vpon the earth.

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  • Gen 9:1 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 But bring ye forth fruite & multiplie: grow plentifully in the earth, and increase therein.
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 For I will haue respect vnto you, and make you encrease, and multiplie you, and establish my couenant with you.
  • Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the Lorde (that created heauen, God himselfe, that formed the earth, & made it: he that prepared it, he created it not in vaine: he formed it to be inhabited) I am the Lord, and there is none other.
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite & increase vpon ye earth.
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be deliuered from euill, that I be not hurt; God graunted the thing that he asked.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and sayde vnto her, Thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousands, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father. 4 Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.
  • Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and saide, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are ye childre whome God of his grace hath giuen thy seruant.
  • Gen 49:25 : 25 Euen by the God of thy father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almightie, who shall blesse thee with heauenly blessinges from aboue, with blessings of the deepe, that lyeth beneath, with blessings of the brestes, and of the wombe.
  • 1 Chr 26:5 : 5 Ammiel the sixt, Issachar the seuenth, Peulthai the eight: for God had blessed him.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, & a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
  • Ps 69:34 : 34 Let heauen and earth praise him: the seas and all that moueth in them.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.
  • Ps 127:1-5 : 1 A song of degrees, or Psalme of Salomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vaine that build it: except the Lorde keepe the citie, the keeper watcheth in vaine. 2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued. 3 Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde. 4 As are the arrowes in the hand of ye strong man: so are the children of youth. 5 Blessed is the man, that hath his quiuer full of them: for they shall not be ashamed, when they speake with their enemies in the gate.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes round about thy table. 4 Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marrie, and commanding to absteine from meates which God hath created to be receiued with giuing thankes of them which beleeue and knowe the trueth.

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  • Gen 1:20-22
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    20Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.

    21Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

    22Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.

  • Gen 9:1-3
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    1And God blessed Noah and his sonnes, and said to them, Bring foorth fruite, and multiplie, and replenish the earth.

    2Also the feare of you, and the dread of you shalbe vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery foule of the heauen, vpon all that moueth on the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they deliuered.

    3Euery thing that moueth and liueth, shall be meate for you: as the greene herbe, haue I giuen you all things.

  • Gen 1:24-27
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    24Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so.

    25And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good.

    26Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

    27Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.

  • Gen 9:7-8
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    7But bring ye forth fruite & multiplie: grow plentifully in the earth, and increase therein.

    8God spake also to Noah & to his sonnes with him, saying,

  • Gen 8:17
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    17Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite & increase vpon ye earth.

  • Gen 1:29-30
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    29And God said, Beholde, I haue giuen vnto you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon al the earth, and euery tree, wherein is the fruite of a tree bearing seede: that shall be to you for meate.

    30Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so.

  • Gen 2:18-19
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    18Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

    19So the Lorde God formed of the earth euery beast of the fielde, and euery foule of the heauen, and brought them vnto the man to see howe he would call them: for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.

  • Gen 5:1-2
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    1This is the booke of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likenes of God made he him,

    2Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day that they were created.

  • Gen 2:15-16
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    15Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.

    16And the Lorde God commaunded the man, saying, Thou shalt eate freely of euery tree of the garden,

  • Gen 1:9-12
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    9God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so.

    10And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good.

    11Then God said, Let the earth bud foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede, the fruitfull tree, which beareth fruite according to his kinde, which hath his seede in it selfe vpon the earth; it was so.

    12And the earth brought foorth the bud of the herbe, that seedeth seede according to his kind, also the tree that beareth fruite, which hath his seede in it selfe according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

    15And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

  • Gen 28:3
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    3And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

  • Ps 8:6-7
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    6Thou hast made him to haue dominion in the workes of thine hands: thou hast put all things vnder his feete:

    7All sheepe and oxen: yea, and the beastes of the fielde:

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

    18And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good.

  • Gen 6:1
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    1So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,

  • Gen 9:10
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    10And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.

  • Mark 10:6
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    6But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female:

  • Ps 107:37-38
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    37And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.

    38For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.

  • Deut 28:4
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    4Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and ye fruite of thy ground, & the fruite of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, & ye flocks of thy sheepe.

  • Gen 6:19
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    19And of euery liuing thing, of all flesh two of euery sort shalt thou cause to come into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shalbe male and female.

  • Exod 1:7
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    7And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.

  • Ps 148:10
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    10Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

  • Gen 1:6
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    6Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

  • Gen 1:1
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    1In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth.