Genesis 1:28

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“God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.””

— WEB

“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 every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

— KJV

“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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

— ASV

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Genesis 9:1 "God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth."
Genesis 9:7 "Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”"
Leviticus 26:9 "“‘I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you."
Psalms 128:3-4 "Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table."
Genesis 22:17-18 "that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspringor, seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which …"
Genesis 1:22 "God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”"
Genesis 17:20 "As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will beco…"
Psalms 127:1-5 "Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain."

Commentary

Be fruitful, &c.--The human race in every country and age has been the offspring of the first pair. Amid all the varieties found among men, some black, some copper-colored, others white, the researches of modern science lead to a conclusion, fully accordant with the sacred history, that they are all of one species and of one family (Act 17:26). What power in the word of God! "He spake and it was done. He commanded and all things stood fast" [Psa 33:9]. "Great and manifold are thy works, Lord God Almighty! in wisdom hast thou made them all" [Psa 104:24]. We admire that wisdom, not only in the regular progress of creation, but in its perfect adaptation to the end. God is represented as pausing at every stage to look at His work. No wonder He contemplated it with complacency. Every object was in its right place, every vegetable process going on in season, every animal in its structure and instincts suited to its mode of life and its use in the economy of the world. He saw everything that He had made answering the plan which His eternal wisdom had conceived; and, "Behold it was very good" [Gen 1:31]. Next: Genesis Chapter 2

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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