28 God blessed them and said to them,(A) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(B) fill the earth(C) and subdue it. Rule over(D) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(E)

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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.

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28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and (B)subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that [a]moves on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:28 moves about on

17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(A)

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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.

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17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and (A)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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God’s Covenant With Noah

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(A)

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

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God’s Promise to Noah

So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (A)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

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As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(A)

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And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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And as for you, (A)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

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19 These were the three sons of Noah,(A) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(B)

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

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19 (A)These three were the sons of Noah, (B)and from these the whole earth was populated.

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27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.(A) They acquired property there(B) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.(C)

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27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

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Joseph’s Vow to Jacob

27 So Israel (A)dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and (B)grew and multiplied exceedingly.

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“‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,(A) and I will keep my covenant(B) with you.

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For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

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‘For I will (A)look on you favorably and (B)make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My (C)covenant with you.

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11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful(A) and become numerous. I will settle people(B) on you as in the past(C) and will make you prosper more than before.(D) Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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11 (A)I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and [a]bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do (B)better for you than at your beginnings. (C)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:11 Lit. be fruitful