Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
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Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 8:17And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 9:19These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Thou art our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the cities of their enemies.
Psalms 128:3The sinners wrought upon my back: 1 They prolonged their iniquity. 1
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 →