Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
KJV
Benedixitque eis, dicens : Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris : avesque multiplicentur super terram.
Vulgate
καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτὰ ὁ θ[εὸς λέγων] Αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθ[ύνεσθε, καὶ] πληρώσατε τὰ ὕδατα [ἐν ταῖς θα]λάσσαις, καὶ τὰ πετε[ινὰ πληθυ]νέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῆς [γῆς.
LXX
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
ASV
וַ/יְבָ֧רֶךְ אֹתָ֛/ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר פְּר֣וּ וּ/רְב֗וּ וּ/מִלְא֤וּ אֶת הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ בַּ/יַּמִּ֔ים וְ/הָ/ע֖וֹף יִ֥רֶב בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
ה
h
noun · 393×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
פְּר֣וּ
prv
verb · 29×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The earth is one of the four elements, dry, cold, heavy, motionless, brought into being by God, out of nothing on the first day. For in the beginning, he said, God created the heaven and the earth Genesis 1:1: but the seat and foundation of the earth no man has been able to declare. Some, indeed, hold that its seat is the waters: thus the divine David says, To Him Who establish…
Cross-references
- Gen 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Gen 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 ever
- Gen 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 ever
- Gen 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 e
- Gen 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 e
- Gen 9:1 — And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Gen 9:1 — And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Gen 30:30 — For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
- Gen 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Job 40:15 — Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Prov 10:22 — The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Ps 107:31 — Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Ps 107:38 — He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Ps 144:13 — That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: