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Genesis 9:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 9 · verse 7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.Genesis 9:7 · King James Version
Genesis 9:7 in context
5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- abundantlyshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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We read, in the close of the foregoing chapter, the very kind things which God said in his heart, concerning the remnant of mankind which was now left to be the seed of a new world. Now here we have these kind things spoken to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7