Genesis 9:7
Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
In Context
8And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying:
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,—and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Genesis 9:1So God blessed Noah and his sons,—and said to them Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth;
Jeremiah 29:6Take ye wives and beget sons and daughters, And take wives, for your sons, and, your daughters, give ye to husbands, That they may bear sons and daughters,—And so become ye many there and do not become few;
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 →