Genesis 9:1

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Benedixitque Deus Noë et filiis ejus. Et dixit ad eos: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete terram.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 9:1

Be fruitful and multiply: This blessing and command, first given to Adam (1:28), God now gives again to Noah. He is the "Adam" of the newly cleansed world in need of repopulation.

Genesis 9:1–7

God's first speech after the great flood starts and ends with a blessing (9:1, 7). In this speech, God explains again how humans and animals relate to each other, with some changes from the original creation. God gives special attention to the value of life (the importance of protecting human life).

Theme notes and profiles

Noah God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenant with Noah God’s Covenants God’s New Covenant Symbolic Numbers The Priestly Blessing

Events

God makes a covenant with Noahc. 2347 BC

Related verses

Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
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 that crawls upon the earth.”
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.”
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.”
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.
Psalm 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 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Genesis 10:32
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

People

Noah: Righteous man, built ark, survived flood

Glossary

Barrenness Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Family Life and Relations Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the Remnant Shinar The Flood

Topics

Being a Sanctuary Benedictions by God: Upon Noah Blessing: Temporal, from God Contraception Covenant of God with Men: Everlasting Fertility God: Providence of Having Children Marriage: Designed For: Increasing the Human Population Propagation of Species, Enjoined Religion: Outstanding Religious Persons: Noah The Tower of Babel

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