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Genesis 9:1

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

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Genesis 9:1

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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.

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

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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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