Genesis 8:17
All livings things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increased and multiply upon it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.
18So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him.
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth.
Psalms 107:38And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.
Jeremiah 31:27Behold the days come, saith the Lord: and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of beasts.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:16-20
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 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. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and… Read the whole commentary →