Genesis 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 9:1

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And God blessed Noah--Here is republished the law of nature that was announced to Adam, consisting as it originally did of several parts. Be fruitful, &c.--The first part relates to the transmission of life, the original blessing being reannounced in the very same words in which it had been promised at first [Ge 1:28].

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ	vay.Va.rekh	and he blessed	H1288 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נֹ֖חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֑יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
פְּר֥וּ	pe.Ru	be fruitful	H6509 →
וּרְב֖וּ	u.re.Vu	and multiply	H7235 →
וּמִלְא֥וּ	u.mil.'U	and fill	H4390 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
leads to
- Genesis 9:7
  But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 1:22
  Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:9
  I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Psalms 128:3–4
  Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Genesis 22:17–18
  I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Through
Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
leads to
- Genesis 1:28
  God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 107:38
  He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:24
  “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been…

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