Verse 6

Take{H3947}{(H8798)} ye wives{H802}, and beget{H3205}{(H8685)} sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323}; and take{H3947}{(H8798)} wives{H802} for your sons{H1121}, and give{H5414}{(H8798)} your daughters{H1323} to husbands{H582}, that they may bear{H3205}{(H8799)} sons{H1121} and daughters{H1121}; that ye may be increased{H7235}{(H8798)} there, and not diminished{H4591}{(H8799)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 16:2-4 : 2 Thou shalt not take{H3947}{(H8799)} thee a wife{H802}, neither shalt thou have sons{H1121} or daughters{H1323} in this place{H4725}. 3 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} concerning the sons{H1121} and concerning the daughters{H1323} that are born{H3205}{(H8688)} in this place{H4725}, and concerning their mothers{H517} that bare{H3205}{(H8802)} them, and concerning their fathers{H1} that begat{H3209} them in this land{H776}; 4 They shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} of grievous{H8463} deaths{H4463}; they shall not be lamented{H5594}{(H8735)}; neither shall they be buried{H6912}{(H8735)}; but they shall be as dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}: and they shall be consumed{H3615}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, and by famine{H7458}; and their carcases{H5038} shall be meat{H3978} for the fowls{H5775} of heaven{H8064}, and for the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776}.
  • 1 Cor 7:36-38 : 36 But{G1161} if any man{G1536} think{G3543}{(G5719)} that he behaveth himself uncomely{G807}{(G5721)} toward{G1909} his{G846} virgin{G3933}, if{G1437} she pass the flower of her age{G5230}{G5600}{(G5753)}, and{G2532} need{G3784}{(G5719)} so{G3779} require{G1096}{(G5738)}, let him do{G4160}{(G5720)} what{G3739} he will{G2309}{(G5719)}, he sinneth{G264}{(G5719)} not{G3756}: let them marry{G1060}{(G5720)}. 37 Nevertheless{G1161} he{G3739} that standeth{G2476}{(G5707)}{(G5758)} stedfast{G1476} in{G1722} his heart{G2588}, having{G2192}{(G5723)} no{G3361} necessity{G318}, but{G1161} hath{G2192}{(G5719)} power{G1849} over{G4012} his own{G2398} will{G2307}, and{G2532} hath{G2919} so{G5124} decreed{G2919}{(G5758)} in{G1722} his{G846} heart{G2588} that he will keep{G5083}{(G5721)} his{G1438} virgin{G3933}, doeth{G4160}{(G5719)} well{G2573}. 38 So{G5620} then{G2532} he that giveth her in marriage{G1547}{(G5723)} doeth{G4160}{(G5719)} well{G2573}; but{G1161} he that giveth her{G1547} not{G3361} in marriage{G1547}{(G5723)} doeth{G4160}{(G5719)} better{G2908}.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I will{G1014}{(G5736)} therefore{G3767} that the younger women{G3501} marry{G1060}{(G5721)}, bear children{G5041}{(G5721)}, guide the house{G3616}{(G5721)}, give{G1325}{(G5721)} none{G3367} occasion{G874} to the adversary{G480}{(G5740)} to{G5484} speak reproachfully{G3059}.
  • Gen 1:27-28 : 27 So God{H430} created{H1254}{(H8799)} man{H120} in his own image{H6754}, in the image{H6754} of God{H430} created{H1254}{(H8804)} he him; male{H2145} and female{H5347} created{H1254}{(H8804)} he them. 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}.
  • 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.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 And he dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in the wilderness{H4057} of Paran{H6290}: and his mother{H517} took{H3947}{(H8799)} him a wife{H802} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • Gen 24:3-4 : 3 And I will make thee swear{H7650}{(H8686)} by the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, and the God{H430} of the earth{H776}, that thou shalt not take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} of the daughters{H1323} of the Canaanites{H3669}, among{H7130} whom I dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: 4 But thou shalt go{H3212}{(H8799)} unto my country{H776}, and to my kindred{H4138}, and take{H3947}{(H8804)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} Isaac{H3327}.
  • Gen 24:51 : 51 Behold, Rebekah{H7259} is before thee{H6440}, take{H3947}{(H8798)} her, and go{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let her be thy master's{H113} son's{H1121} wife{H802}, as the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}.
  • 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 28:1-4 : 1 And Isaac{H3327} called{H7121}{(H8799)} Jacob{H3290}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} him, and charged{H6680}{(H8762)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thou shalt not take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} of the daughters{H1323} of Canaan{H3667}. 2 Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, go{H3212}{(H8798)} to Padanaram{H6307}, to the house{H1004} of Bethuel{H1328} thy mother's{H517} father{H1}; and take{H3947}{(H8798)} thee a wife{H802} from thence of the daughters{H1323} of Laban{H3837} thy mother's{H517} brother{H251}. 3 And God{H410} Almighty{H7706} bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee, and make thee fruitful{H6509}{(H8686)}, and multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} thee, that thou mayest be a multitude{H6951} of people{H5971}; 4 And give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee the blessing{H1293} of Abraham{H85}, to thee, and to thy seed{H2233} with thee; that thou mayest inherit{H3423}{(H8800)} the land{H776} wherein thou art a stranger{H4033}, which God{H430} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto Abraham{H85}.
  • Gen 29:19 : 19 And Laban{H3837} said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is better{H2896} that I give{H5414}{(H8800)} her to thee, than that I should give{H5414}{(H8800)} her to another{H312} man{H376}: abide{H3427}{(H8798)} with me.
  • Gen 34:4 : 4 And Shechem{H7927} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto his father{H1} Hamor{H2544}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Get{H3947}{(H8798)} me this damsel{H3207} to wife{H802}.
  • Judg 1:12-14 : 12 And Caleb{H3612} said{H559}{(H8799)}, He that smiteth{H5221}{(H8686)} Kirjathsepher{H7158}, and taketh{H3920}{(H8804)} it, to him will I give{H5414}{(H8804)} Achsah{H5915} my daughter{H1323} to wife{H802}. 13 And Othniel{H6274} the son{H1121} of Kenaz{H7073}, Caleb's{H3612} younger{H6996} brother{H251}, took{H3920}{(H8799)} it: and he gave{H5414}{(H8799)} him Achsah{H5915} his daughter{H1323} to wife{H802}. 14 And it came to pass, when she came{H935}{(H8800)} to him, that she moved{H5496}{(H8686)} him to ask{H7592}{(H8800)} of her father{H1} a field{H7704}: and she lighted{H6795}{(H8799)} from off her ass{H2543}; and Caleb{H3612} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, What wilt thou?
  • Judg 12:9 : 9 And he had thirty{H7970} sons{H1121}, and thirty{H7970} daughters{H1323}, whom he sent{H7971}{(H8765)} abroad{H2351}, and took{H935}{(H8689)} in thirty{H7970} daughters{H1323} from abroad{H2351} for his sons{H1121}. And he judged{H8199}{(H8799)} Israel{H3478} seven{H7651} years{H8141}.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And he came up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} his father{H1} and his mother{H517}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} a woman{H802} in Timnath{H8553} of the daughters{H1323} of the Philistines{H6430}: now therefore get{H3947}{(H8798)} her for me to wife{H802}.