Verse 22

God blessed them and said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring out every living thing that is with you—all creatures, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so they can multiply on the earth, be fruitful, and increase in number.
  • Gen 9:1 : 1 God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, 'Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.'
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and every living creature that moves on the ground.'
  • Job 42:12 : 12 The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them, and they multiplied greatly, and He did not let their livestock decrease.
  • Job 40:15 : 15 Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox.
  • Ps 107:31 : 31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind.
  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him, 'If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me because of you.'
  • Gen 30:30 : 30 For you had little before I came, but now it has increased greatly. The LORD has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when can I provide for my own household?
  • Gen 35:11 : 11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a community of nations, will come from you, and kings will come from your own body."
  • Lev 26:9 : 9 I will turn to you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will confirm my covenant with you.
  • Ps 128:3 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. 14 May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.