Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 9:7
7But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”
Genesis 9:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
- New International Version (NIV)As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”
Context of Genesis 9:7
5And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood; I will require it from any animal and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life. 6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image. But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.” 8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, 9“Understand that I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
Read all of Genesis 9Genesis 9:7 word by word
וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ וּרְבוּ־בָֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 9:7
- Genesis 9:1God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
- Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you — birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth — and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
Commentaries on Genesis 9:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 - The Blessing of Noah 2. מורא môrā' “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat “dread, breaking of the courage.” Noah is saved from the deluge. His life is twice given to him by God. He had found grace in the sight of the Lord, and now he and his family have been graciously accepted when they approached the Lord with burnt-offerings. In him, therefore, the race of man is to be begun anew. Accordingly, as at the beginning, the Lord proceeds to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 The main reason of forbidding the eating of blood, doubtless was because the shedding of blood in sacrifices was to keep the worshippers in mind of the great atonement; yet it seems intended also to check cruelty, lest men, being used to shed and feed upon the blood of animals, should grow unfeeling to them, and be less shocked at the idea of shedding human blood. Man must not take away his own life. Our lives are God's, and we must only give…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7be fruitful and multiply; spread out (literally swarm and fill): In contrast to those who would destroy human life (9:5–6), God wants human life to grow and flourish.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71. And God blessed Noah--Here is republished the law of nature that was announced to Adam, consisting as it originally did of several parts. Be fruitful, &c.--The first part relates to the transmission of life, the original blessing being reannounced in the very same words in which it had been promised at first [Ge 1:28].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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