Genesis 9:1
And God blesses Noah and his sons, and says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
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Genesis 1:28And God blesses them, and God says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth.”
Genesis 8:17and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.”
Genesis 9:19These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these has all the earth been overspread.
Genesis 24:60and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, “You [are] our sister; become thousands of myriads, and your seed possesses the gate of those hating it.”
Psalms 128:3Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, || Your sons as olive plants around your table.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:1
Both the world and the church were now again reduced to a family, the family of Noah, of the affairs of which this chapter gives us an account, of which we are the more concerned to take cognizance because from this family we are all descendants. Here is, I. The covenant of providence settled with Noah and his sons, ver. 1-11 . In this covenant, 1. God promises them to take care of their lives, so that, (1.) They should replenish the earth, ver. 1 , 7 . (2.) They should be safe from the insults of the… Read the whole commentary →