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Genesis 9:7–8

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And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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  1. Genesis 9:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  2. Genesis 1:28Rank 2 from verse 7
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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. Genesis 9:19Rank 3 from verse 7
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    19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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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.

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Genesis 9:7

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

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fruitful

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

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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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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therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

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

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Genesis 9:8

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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

9:2And 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.

9:3Every 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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9:8¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

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9:9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

9:10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

9:11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

9:12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

9:13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

9:14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

9:16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

9:17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

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