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Genesis 9:1
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God’s Promise to Noah

1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: a“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.  
2 aAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.  
3 aEvery moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you ball things, even as the cgreen herbs.  
4 aBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.  
5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; afrom the hand of every beast I will require it, and bfrom the hand of man. From the hand of every cman’s brother I will require the life of man. 
6 “Whoever asheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
bFor in the image of God
He made man. 
7 And as for you, abe fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”  
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
Verse Comparison: Genesis 9:1

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

Amplified® Bible
AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Contemporary English Version
God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth.

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

Good News Bible
God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

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

New American Standard Bible
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

New International Version
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

New King James Version
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, " Become fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Revised Standard Version
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;


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