Genesis 9:1

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, v“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill 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 moves on the earth.”

Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.

Exodus 1:7
But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Leviticus 26:9
I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you.

Jeremiah 3:16
And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant of the LORD.” It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again.


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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]