Genesis 1:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ בִּדְגַ֤ת הַיָּם֙ וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּ֖ה הֽ͏ָרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And wayĕbārek ʾōtām ʾĕlōhîm and wayyōʾmer to-them ʾĕlōhîm pĕrû and rĕbû and milʾû ʾet-the ʾāreṣ and kibšūhā and rĕdû in dĕgat the yām and in ʿôp the šāmayim and in all-ḥayyāh the rōmeśet upon the ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *lāhem*: preposition + 3mp suffix - to them
• *wĕ-kibšūhā*: conjunction + verb, qal imperative, masculine plural + 3fs suffix - and subdue it
• *û-rĕdû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - and rule
• *û-bĕ-kol-ḥayyāh*: conjunction + preposition + noun + noun - and in all living thing
• *hā-rōmeśet*: definite article + verb, qal participle, feminine singular - the creeping

Word Meanings

• *kibšūhā*: subdue it/dominate it/bring it under control

Referenced Verses

• Gen 9:1 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
• Gen 9:7 : 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
• Lev 26:9 : 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
• Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
• Gen 17:20 : 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
• Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• 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.
• Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• Gen 26:24 : 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
• Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
• Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
• 1 Chr 26:5 : 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
• Job 42:12 : 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
• Ps 69:34 : 34 Let the heaven and earth praise{H8762)} him, the seas, and every thing that moveth{H8802)} therein.
• Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
• Ps 127:1-5 : 1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
• 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.
• 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.