Genesis 1:28
He spoke well to these two, “You will control/have/take care of many children truly. Truly people will be everywhere, you (pl.) will be boss for all the animals. You will be boss for the fish and winged creatures and all animals and for all those that go on the ground.
Nyangumarta (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
27God made a man like him. He made a man and a woman.
29I made different foods for you (all), all the foods from trees and green plants I am giving you.
Cross References
Genesis 6:1After a long time there were many people. They scattered, they were everywhere. They all became really bad. They didn't listen to God. They kept on ignoring him. They kept talking to each other about how to do evil. Because of that God said, “The people are all doing bad things. They are always thinking about how to do evil. When I made them they were good, now they have become very bad. Because of that I am broken-hearted (lit: 'my stomach is broken'). I will kill the evil doers, and the animals and birds also.”
Genesis 9:1God spoke kindly to Noah and his children. “You will have many children. They will be everywhere.
Genesis 17:16I will do good to her, I will give you two a child, Sarah will give birth to a child. Sarah's descendents will become many. They will spread out in every direction, they will settle in different countries. Some from among them will become important bosses.”
Genesis 33:5After that Esau was looking around, truly he saw the women and children. “Who are these you are bringing?” “Those are the children God gave me.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:27-29
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have… Read the whole commentary →