Genesis 9:1

And God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayd vnto them: Increase and multiplye and fyll the erth.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

In Context

2The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth and vppon all foules of the ayre ad vppon all that crepeth on the erth and vppon all fyshes of the see which are geven vnto youre handes

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them. Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth.

Genesis 8:17And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth brynge out with the and let them moue growe ad multiplye vppon the erth.

Genesis 9:19These are the.iij. sonnes of Noe and of these was all the world overspred.

Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes and thy seed possesse ye gates of their emnies.

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 →

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