Genesis 1:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
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“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 1:22 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
- Genesis 30:30Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
- Genesis 35:11And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Leviticus 26:9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Job 40:15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
- Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- Psalms 107:31Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Psalms 107:38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Psalms 144:13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
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