Genesis 9:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.

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  • Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.
  • Gen 9:7 : 7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore 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 on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
  • Gen 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
  • 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 to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gates of those who hate them."
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

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  • Gen 9:7-12
    6 verses
    88%

    7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.

    8 And God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

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

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

    11 And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.

    12 And God said, This is the sign 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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    87%

    28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves 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 which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.

  • Gen 1:22
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    22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

  • Gen 8:15-19
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    15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

    16 Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

    17 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

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

    19 Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • Gen 9:2
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    2 And the fear and dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.

  • Gen 9:17-20
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    79%

    17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.

    18 And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

    19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

    20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard;

  • Gen 28:3
    75%

    3 And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people;

  • Gen 5:29
    75%

    29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.

  • Gen 6:9-10
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    74%

    9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

    10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 1:26
    74%

    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 birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

  • Gen 9:25
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    25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.

  • Gen 10:32
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    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 10:1
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    1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  • Gen 6:13
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    13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  • Heb 6:14
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    14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Gen 8:1
    72%

    1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

  • Gen 9:27-28
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    27 May God enlarge Japheth, and may he 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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    72%

    7 And Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

    8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,

    9 They went in two by two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

  • Gen 7:1
    72%

    1 And the LORD said to Noah, "Go, you and all your household, into the ark; for I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation."

  • Gen 6:21
    72%

    21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.

  • Gen 1:11
    71%

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

  • Gen 6:1
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    1 And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

  • Gen 9:15
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    15 And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

  • Gen 6:18
    71%

    18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

  • Jer 29:6
    71%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.