Genesis 1:28
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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
In other translations
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Hebrew words
וַיְבָרֶךְvayvarekhand he blessedH1288אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהֶםlahemto <the> themאֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430פְּרוּperube fruitfulH6509וּרְבוּurevuand multiplyH7235וּמִלְאוּumil'uand fillH4390אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וְכִבְשֻׁהָvekhivshuhaand subdue itH3533וּרְדוּureduand ruleH7287בִּדְגַתbidgatover [the] fish ofH1710הַיָּםhaiyamthe seaH3220וּבְעוֹףuve'ofand over [the] bird[s] ofH5775הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וּבְכָל־uvekhol-and over everyH3605חַיָּהchaiyahanimalH2416הָרֹמֶשֶׂתharomesetwhich creepsH7430עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe earthH776
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
- Leviticus 26:9For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Psalm 128:3-43 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. 4 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
- Genesis 22:17-1817 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. 18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Psalm 127:1-51 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.1 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain. 2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved. 3 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
- Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Genesis 8:17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
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