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Genesis 9:7

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

KJV

Vos autem crescite et multiplicamini, et ingredimini super terram, et implete eam.

Vulgate

ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

ASV

וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ וּ/רְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָ/אָ֖רֶץ וּ/רְבוּ בָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
פְּר֣וּ
prv
verb · 29×
שֹּׁרֵ֣ץ
shrts
verb · 13×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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 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 10:1 — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
  • Gen 11:11 — And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
  • Jer 29:6 — Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminishe