Genesis 9:1
AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
¶ And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, *Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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- *Cross-referenceChap. 1.28. and 8.17.
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- Genesis 1:28Rank 1 from verse 1
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.
28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
- Genesis 9:7Rank 2 from verse 1
- Genesis 8:17Rank 3 from verse 1
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.
17Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.
- Genesis 1:22Rank 4 from verse 1
- Isaiah 51:2Rank 5 from verse 1
- Psalms 128:3–4Rank 6 from verse 1
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.
3Thy wife shalbe as a fruitful Uine by the sides of thine house, thy children like Oliue plants: round about thy table.
4Beholde that thus shall the man be blessed; that feareth the LORD.
- Genesis 10:32Rank 7 from verse 1
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.
32These are the families of the sonnes of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations diuided in the earth after the Flood.
- Genesis 2:3Rank 8 from verse 1
- Genesis 24:60Rank 9 from verse 1
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.
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them.
- Genesis 9:19Rank 10 from verse 1
- Psalms 112:1Rank 11 from verse 1
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Genesis 9:1
The one true God.
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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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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.
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To increase or cause to increase in number, amount, or extent.
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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
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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9:1AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
9:1¶ And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, *Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Selected passage9:2And 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.
9:2And the feare of you, & the dread of you shall be vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire, vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they deliuered.
9:3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
9:3Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the *greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.
9:4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
9:4*But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.
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.
9:5And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans 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.
9:6*Who so sheddeth mans 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.
9:7And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.