Genesis 1:22

And God blesseth them, saying, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

In Context

21And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good.

23and there is an evening, and there is a morning — day fifth.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:17and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'

Genesis 30:27And Laban saith unto him, 'If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes — I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'

Genesis 35:11And God saith to him, 'I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

Job 40:15Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Psalms 107:31They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men,

Psalms 128:3Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

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 →

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