Genesis 9:7 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 9:7

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

BSB

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ASV

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

KJV

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And you, be ye fruitful and multiply,.... Instead of taking away the lives of men, the great concern should be to multiply them; and this indeed is one reason of the above law, to prevent the decrease and ruin of mankind; and which was peculiarly needful, when there were so few men in the world as only four, and therefore it is repeated in stronger terms: bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein; that the whole earth might be overspread with men, and repeopled sufficiently, as it was by the sons of Noah, see Gen 9:19.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now, (1.) God sets the whole earth before them, tells them it is all their own, while it remains, to them and their heirs. Note, The earth God has given to the children of men, for a possession and habitation, Ps. cxv. Though it is not a paradise, but a wilderness rather; yet it is better than we deserve.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתֶּ֖ם	ve.'a.Tem	and you	H859 →
פְּר֣וּ	pe.Ru	be fruitful	H6509 →
וּרְב֑וּ	u.re.Vu	and multiply	H7235 →
שִׁרְצ֥וּ	shir.Tzu	swarm	H8317 →
בָאָ֖רֶץ	va.'A.retz	on the earth	H776 →
וּרְבוּ־	u.re.vu-	and multiply	H7235 →
בָֽהּ׃ ס	Vah	on <the> it

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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 9:1
  And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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 3 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  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.
- 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 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill 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 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 8:17
  Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 8:17
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:38
  He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis