Genesis 9:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Gen 2:3 : 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
  • Gen 10:32 : 32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
  • Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:7-12
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    7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

    8¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

    9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

    10And with every living creature that [is] with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

    11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

    12¶ And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:

  • Gen 1:28-29
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    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

    29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

  • 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

  • Gen 8:15-19
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    15¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying,

    16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

    17Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

    18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

    19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • 2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

  • Gen 9:17-20
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    17And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

    18¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.

    19These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

    20And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

  • 3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

  • 29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

  • Gen 6:9-10
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    9These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.

    10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • 25And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  • 32These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

  • 1¶ Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  • 13¶ And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • 14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

  • 1¶ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

  • Gen 9:27-28
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    27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

    28¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  • Gen 7:7-9
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    7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

    8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

    9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

  • 1¶ And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

  • 21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

  • 11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

  • 1¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

  • 15And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

  • 18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

  • 6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.