Verse 28
And God{H430} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, and God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Be fruitful{H6509}{(H8798)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)}, and replenish{H4390}{(H8798)} the earth{H776}, and subdue it{H3533}{(H8798)}: and have dominion{H7287}{(H8798)} over the fish{H1710} of the sea{H3220}, and over the fowl{H5775} of the air{H8064}, and over every living thing{H2416} that moveth{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 9:1 : 1 And God{H430} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} Noah{H5146} and his sons{H1121}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Be fruitful{H6509}{(H8798)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)}, and replenish{H4390}{(H8798)} the earth{H776}.
- Gen 9:7 : 7 And you, be ye fruitful{H6509}{(H8798)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)}; bring forth abundantly{H8317}{(H8798)} in the earth{H776}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)} therein.
- Lev 26:9 : 9 For I will have respect{H6437}{(H8804)} unto you, and make you fruitful{H6509}{(H8689)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} you, and establish{H6965}{(H8689)} my covenant{H1285} with you.
- Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} that created{H1254}{(H8802)} the heavens{H8064}; God{H430} himself that formed{H3335}{(H8802)} the earth{H776} and made{H6213}{(H8802)} it; he hath established{H3559}{(H8790)} it, he created{H1254}{(H8804)} it not in vain{H8414}, he formed{H3335}{(H8804)} it to be inhabited{H3427}{(H8800)}: I am the LORD{H3068}; and there is none else.
- Gen 1:22 : 22 And God{H430} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Be fruitful{H6509}{(H8798)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8798)}, and fill{H4390}{(H8798)} the waters{H4325} in the seas{H3220}, and let fowl{H5775} multiply{H7235}{(H8799)} in the earth{H776}.
- Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth{H3318}{(H8685)} with thee every living thing{H2416} that is with thee, of all flesh{H1320}, both of fowl{H5775}, and of cattle{H929}, and of every creeping thing{H7431} that creepeth{H7430}{(H8802)} upon the earth{H776}; that they may breed abundantly{H8317}{(H8804)} in the earth{H776}, and be fruitful{H6509}{(H8804)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8804)} upon the earth{H776}.
- 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez{H3258} called{H7121}{(H8799)} on the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Oh that{H518} thou wouldest bless{H1288}{(H8762)} me indeed{H1288}{(H8763)}, and enlarge{H7235}{(H8689)} my coast{H1366}, and that thine hand{H3027} might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep{H6213}{(H8804)} me from evil{H7451}, that it may not grieve{H6087}{(H8800)} me! And God{H430} granted{H935}{(H8686)} him that which he requested{H7592}{(H8804)}.
- Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} her, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} thee a son{H1121} also of her: yea, I will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} her, and she shall be a mother of nations{H1471}; kings{H4428} of people{H5971} shall be of her.
- Gen 17:20 : 20 And as for Ishmael{H3458}, I have heard thee{H8085}{(H8804)}: Behold, I have blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} him, and will make him fruitful{H6509}{(H8689)}, and will multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} him exceedingly{H3966}{H3966}; twelve{H6240}{H8147} princes{H5387} shall he beget{H3205}{(H8686)}, and I will make him{H5414}{(H8804)} a great{H1419} nation{H1471}.
- Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That in blessing{H1288}{(H8763)} I will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee, and in multiplying{H7235}{(H8687)} I will multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of the heaven{H8064}, and as the sand{H2344} which is upon the sea{H3220} shore{H8193}; and thy seed{H2233} shall possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the gate{H8179} of his enemies{H341}{(H8802)}; 18 And in thy seed{H2233} shall all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} be blessed{H1288}{(H8694)}; because{H834}{H6118} thou hast obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}.
- Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} Rebekah{H7259}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, Thou{H859} art our sister{H269}, be thou{H1961}{(H8798)} the mother of thousands{H505} of millions{H7233}, and let thy seed{H2233} possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the gate{H8179} of those which hate{H8130}{(H8802)} them.
- Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Sojourn{H1481}{(H8798)} in this land{H776}, and I will be with thee, and will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed{H2233}, I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} all these{H411} countries{H776}, and I will perform{H6965}{(H8689)} the oath{H7621} which I sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto Abraham{H85} thy father{H1}; 4 And I will make{H7235} thy seed{H2233} to multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064}, and will give{H5414}{(H8804)} unto thy seed{H2233} all these{H411} countries{H776}; and in thy seed{H2233} shall all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} be blessed{H1288}{(H8694)};
- Gen 26:24 : 24 And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} unto him the same night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I am the God{H430} of Abraham{H85} thy father{H1}: fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not, for I am with{H854} thee, and will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} thee, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thy seed{H2233} for my servant{H5650} Abraham's{H85} sake.
- Gen 33:5 : 5 And he lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)} the women{H802} and the children{H3206}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who are those{H428} with thee? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, The children{H3206} which God{H430} hath graciously given{H2603}{(H8804)} thy servant{H5650}.
- Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God{H410} of thy father{H1}, who shall help{H5826}{(H8799)} thee; and by{H854} the Almighty{H7706}, who shall bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee with blessings{H1293} of heaven{H8064} above{H5920}, blessings{H1293} of the deep{H8415} that lieth{H7257}{(H8802)} under, blessings{H1293} of the breasts{H7699}, and of the womb{H7356}:
- 1 Chr 26:5 : 5 Ammiel{H5988} the sixth{H8345}, Issachar{H3485} the seventh{H7637}, Peulthai{H6469} the eighth{H8066}: for God{H430} blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} him.
- Job 42:12 : 12 So the LORD{H3068} blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} the latter end{H319} of Job{H347} more than his beginning{H7225}: for he had fourteen{H702}{H6240} thousand{H505} sheep{H6629}, and six{H8337} thousand{H505} camels{H1581}, and a thousand{H505} yoke{H6776} of oxen{H1241}, and a thousand{H505} she asses{H860}.
- Ps 69:34 : 34 Let the heaven{H8064} and earth{H776} praise{H1984}{H8762)} him, the seas{H3220}, and every thing that moveth{H7430}{H8802)} therein.
- Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth{H1288}{(H8762)} them also, so that they are multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)} greatly{H3966}; and suffereth{H4591} not their cattle{H929} to decrease{H4591}{(H8686)}.
- Ps 127:1-5 : 1 A Song{H7892} of degrees{H4609} for Solomon{H8010}. Except the LORD{H3068} build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004}, they labour{H5998}{(H8804)} in vain{H7723} that build{H1129}{(H8802)} it: except the LORD{H3068} keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}, the watchman{H8104}{(H8802)} waketh{H8245}{(H8804)} but in vain{H7723}. 2 It is vain{H7723} for you to rise up{H6965}{(H8800)} early{H7925}{(H8688)}, to sit up{H3427}{(H8800)} late{H309}{(H8764)}, to eat{H398}{(H8802)} the bread{H3899} of sorrows{H6089}: for so he giveth{H5414}{(H8799)} his beloved{H3039} sleep{H8142}. 3 Lo, children{H1121} are an heritage{H5159} of the LORD{H3068}: and the fruit{H6529} of the womb{H990} is his reward{H7939}. 4 As arrows{H2671} are in the hand{H3027} of a mighty man{H1368}; so are children{H1121} of the youth{H5271}. 5 Happy{H835} is the man{H1397} that hath his quiver{H827} full{H4390}{(H8765)} of them: they shall not be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}, but they shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} with the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} in the gate{H8179}.
- Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Thy wife{H802} shall be as a fruitful{H6509}{(H8802)} vine{H1612} by the sides{H3411} of thine house{H1004}: thy children{H1121} like olive{H2132} plants{H8363} round about{H5439} thy table{H7979}. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man{H1397} be blessed{H1288}{(H8792)} that feareth{H3373} the LORD{H3068}.
- 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding{G2967}{(G5723)} to marry{G1060}{(G5721)}, and commanding to abstain from{G567}{(G5733)} meats{G1033}, which{G3739} God{G2316} hath created{G2936}{(G5656)} to{G1519} be received{G3336} with{G3326} thanksgiving{G2169} of them which believe{G4103} and{G2532} know{G1921}{(G5761)} the truth{G225}.