Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
New American Standard Bible
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “
King James Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Holman Bible
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
International Standard Version
God blessed Noah and his sons and ordered them, "Be productive, multiply, and fill the earth.
American Standard Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Amplified
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Bible in Basic English
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Darby Translation
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will praise Noah and his sons, and will say to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
King James 2000
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Modern King James verseion
And God blessed Noah and his sons. And He said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, "Increase and multiply and fill the earth.
NET Bible
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
New Heart English Bible
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
So God blessed Noah and his sons, - and said to them Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth;
Webster
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
World English Bible
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Themes
Bearing fruit » Being fruitful
Benedictions » By God » Upon noah
Blessings » Pronounced upon persons by the lord
Covenant » Of God with men » Everlasting
Man » Man having authority over God’s creation
Topics
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Barak
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 9:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Covenant With Noah
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, with all with which the ground teems, and all the fishes of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upo
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon th
Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply on it.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
Genesis 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was spread over.
Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Psalm 128:3-4
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of thy house, thy sons like olive plants round about thy table.
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.