Genesis 1:22
God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” + 1:22 Day 5: God populates the above and below waters, the mayim ·waters· and shamayim ·heavens / sky·, with creatures that possess a nefesh chai ·soul living·. The animals are told to multiply.
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23There was evening and there was morning, a fifth 'yom ·period of time, day·. (A:3)
Cross References
Genesis 8:17Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”
Genesis 30:27Laban [White] said to him, “If now I have found chen ·grace· in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Adonai has blessed me for your sake.” (5)
Genesis 35:11God said to him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body. (A:6)
Psalms 107:31Let them yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to Adonai for his chesed ·loving-kindness·, 2 for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! 1
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, 2 in the innermost parts of your house; 2 your children like olive plants, 2 around your table. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:21-24
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the… Read the whole commentary →