Genesis 9:7
But you Noah and your family, I want you to have a lot of children so that the earth is full of people again.”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
In Context
8Then God said to Noah and his sons,
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them, and he did that by doing good things for them. God made them strong and he said to them, “I want you to have lots of children so that they go everywhere all over the world, and they will be the boss over everything. They will be the boss over all the country, the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that move on the ground.”
Genesis 9:1God was good to Noah and his sons. God blessed them. He did good things for them and made them strong and said, “I want you to have lots of children so that the earth is full of people again.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →