World English Bible
Genesis 9:7
“Be fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
Verse in context — Genesis 9
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I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
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Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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Be fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.
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God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
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As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
About Genesis
The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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