Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.” New Living Translation Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.” English Standard Version And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.” Berean Standard Bible But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” King James Bible And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. New King James Version And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.” New American Standard Bible “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” NASB 1995 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” NASB 1977 “And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” Legacy Standard Bible As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Swarm on the earth and multiply in it.” Amplified Bible “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” Christian Standard Bible But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.” Holman Christian Standard Bible But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.” American Standard Version And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Contemporary English Version I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth. English Revised Version And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be fertile, and increase in number. Spread over the earth, and increase." Good News Translation "You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth." International Standard Version Now as for you, be productive and multiply; spread out over the land and multiply throughout it." Majority Standard Bible But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” NET Bible But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it." New Heart English Bible And as for you, be fruitful and multiply, and increase abundantly on the earth, and subdue it." Webster's Bible Translation And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply, bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. World English Bible Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.” Young's Literal Translation And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.' Smith's Literal Translation And you, be ye fruitful and multiply, and increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it. Catholic Public Domain Version But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.” New American Bible Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it. New Revised Standard Version And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs for you, be fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply in it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you, be fruitful and multiply and reproduce in the earth and multiply in it.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.' Brenton Septuagint Translation But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Covenant of the Rainbow…6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. 7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” 8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,… Cross References Genesis 1:28 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.” Genesis 35:11 And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. Genesis 17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. Genesis 17:20 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. Genesis 28:3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. Genesis 48:4 and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’ Exodus 1:7 but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them. Leviticus 26:9 I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. Psalm 127:3-5 Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. / Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. / Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate. Psalm 128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. Isaiah 51:2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him. Jeremiah 29:6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease. Ezekiel 36:11 I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Treasury of Scripture And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Genesis 9:1,19 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 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. Jump to Previous Abundantly Earth Fertile Forth Fruitful Great Increase Multiply Offspring Swarm Teem ThereinJump to Next Abundantly Earth Fertile Forth Fruitful Great Increase Multiply Offspring Swarm Teem ThereinGenesis 9 1. God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.4. Blood and murder are forbidden. 8. God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge. 18. Noah's family replenishes the world. 20. Noah plants a vineyard, 21. Is drunken, and mocked by his son; 25. Curses Canaan; 26. Blesses Shem; 27. Prays for Japheth, and dies. But as for you This phrase serves as a direct address to Noah and his sons, emphasizing their unique role and responsibility in the unfolding of God's plan post-flood. The Hebrew word for "you" here is "אַתֶּם" (atem), which is a plural form, indicating that the command is directed to all of Noah's descendants. This highlights the communal and generational aspect of the mandate, underscoring the collective responsibility of humanity to adhere to God's instructions. be fruitful and multiply spread out across the earth and multiply upon it Hebrew But as for you,וְאַתֶּ֖ם (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you be fruitful פְּר֣וּ (pə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6509: To bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply; וּרְב֑וּ (ū·rə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great spread out שִׁרְצ֥וּ (šir·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8317: To wriggle, swarm, abound across the earth בָאָ֖רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and multiply upon it.” וּרְבוּ־ (ū·rə·ḇū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great Links Genesis 9:7 NIVGenesis 9:7 NLT Genesis 9:7 ESV Genesis 9:7 NASB Genesis 9:7 KJV Genesis 9:7 BibleApps.com Genesis 9:7 Biblia Paralela Genesis 9:7 Chinese Bible Genesis 9:7 French Bible Genesis 9:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 9:7 Be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 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