Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” New Living Translation Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” English Standard Version And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Berean Standard Bible Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” King James Bible And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. New King James Version And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” New American Standard Bible God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” NASB 1995 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” NASB 1977 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Legacy Standard Bible Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” Amplified Bible And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Christian Standard Bible God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” American Standard Version And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters that are in the Seas, and the bird will increase in the earth.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth. Contemporary English Version Then he gave the living creatures his blessing--he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth. Douay-Rheims Bible And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. English Revised Version And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation God blessed them and said, "Be fertile, increase in number, fill the sea, and let there be many birds on the earth." Good News Translation He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. International Standard Version God blessed them by saying, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!" JPS Tanakh 1917 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.' Literal Standard Version And God blesses them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply in the earth”: Majority Standard Bible Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” New American Bible and God blessed them, saying: Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth. NET Bible God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth." New Revised Standard Version God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” New Heart English Bible And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the flying creatures multiply on the earth." Webster's Bible Translation And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. World English Bible God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” Young's Literal Translation And God blesseth them, saying, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Fifth Day…21So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.… Cross References Genesis 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:23 And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day. Genesis 8:17 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." Treasury of Scripture And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Genesis 1:28 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. Genesis 8:17 Bring 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. Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. Jump to Previous Birds Blessed Blesseth Blessing Earth Fertile Fill Fowl Fruitful Full Increase Increased Making Multiply Seas Water WatersJump to Next Birds Blessed Blesseth Blessing Earth Fertile Fill Fowl Fruitful Full Increase Increased Making Multiply Seas Water WatersGenesis 1 1. God creates heaven and earth;3. the light; 6. the firmament; 9. separates the dry land; 14. forms the sun, moon, and stars; 20. fishes and fowls; 24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things; 26. creates man in his own image, blesses him; 29. grants the fruits of the earth for food. (22) Be fruitful, and multiply.--This blessing shows that the earth was replenished with animal life from a limited number of progenitors, and probably from a small number of centres, both for the flora and for the fauna.Verse 22. - And God blessed them. To bless is to wish well to (Genesis 27:4; Numbers 6:23). In the case of God blessing inanimate things, it signifies to make them to prosper and be abundant (Exodus 23:25; Job 1:10; Psalm 65:11). The nature of the blessing pronounced upon the animal creation had reference to their propagation and increase. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. The paronomastic combination, be fruitful and multiply, became a regular formula of blessing (cf. Genesis 24:60; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 48:4; Psalm 128:3, 4). The Divine benediction was not simply a wish; but, adds Calvin, "by the bare intimation of his purpose he effects what men seek by entreaty." Nor was it meaningless that the words of benediction were addressed to the creatures; it was designed to teach that the "force of the Divine word was not meant to be transient, but, being infused into their natures, to take root and constantly bear fruit" (Calvin). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative blessed וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (way·ḇā·reḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse them אֹתָ֛ם (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case [and] said, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “Be fruitful פְּר֣וּ (pə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply וּרְב֗וּ (ū·rə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great and fill וּמִלְא֤וּ (ū·mil·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of the waters הַמַּ֙יִם֙ (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of the seas, בַּיַּמִּ֔ים (bay·yam·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and let birds וְהָע֖וֹף (wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5775: Flying creatures multiply יִ֥רֶב (yi·reḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great on the earth.” בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Genesis 1:22 NIVGenesis 1:22 NLT Genesis 1:22 ESV Genesis 1:22 NASB Genesis 1:22 KJV Genesis 1:22 BibleApps.com Genesis 1:22 Biblia Paralela Genesis 1:22 Chinese Bible Genesis 1:22 French Bible Genesis 1:22 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 1:22 God blessed them saying Be fruitful (Gen. 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