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Genesis 9:1–2

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AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
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From verse 1

  1. Genesis 1:28Rank 1 from verse 1
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    28And 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.

  2. Genesis 9:7Rank 2 from verse 1
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    7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

  3. Genesis 8:17Rank 3 from verse 1
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    17Bring 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.

  4. Genesis 1:22Rank 4 from verse 1
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    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

  5. Isaiah 51:2Rank 5 from verse 1
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    2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

  6. Psalms 128:3–4Rank 6 from verse 1
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    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

    4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

  7. Genesis 10:32Rank 7 from verse 1
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    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

  8. Genesis 2:3Rank 8 from verse 1
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    3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  9. Genesis 24:60Rank 9 from verse 1
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    60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

  10. Genesis 9:19Rank 10 from verse 1
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    19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

  11. Psalms 112:1Rank 11 from verse 1
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

From verse 2

  1. Psalms 8:4–8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

    5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

    6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

    7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

    8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

  2. Genesis 1:28Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28And 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.

  3. Hosea 2:18Rank 3 from verse 2
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    18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

  4. James 3:7Rank 4 from verse 2
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    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

  5. Ezekiel 34:25Rank 5 from verse 2
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    25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

  6. Job 5:22–23Rank 6 from verse 2
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    22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

    23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

  7. Leviticus 26:6Rank 7 from verse 2
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    6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  8. Genesis 2:19Rank 8 from verse 2
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    19And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

  9. Genesis 35:5Rank 9 from verse 2
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    5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  10. Leviticus 26:22Rank 10 from verse 2
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    22I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

  11. Psalms 104:20–23Rank 11 from verse 2
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    20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

    21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

    22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

    23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

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Genesis 9:1

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fruitful

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Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.

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replenish

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To fill, populate, supply, or make full and abundant throughout the appointed place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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Genesis 9:2

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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dread

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1. Great fear, terror, or fearful awe. 2. To fear greatly or regard with terror.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sea

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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:1AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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9:2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

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9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

9:4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

9:5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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