Genesis 9:1

Genesis 9:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

Context of Genesis 9:1

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Genesis 9:1 word by word

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־נֹ֖חַ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֖וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• And Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, Be fruitfulפָּרָהpârâh · be fruitfulH6509
• and multiplyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• and replenishמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Genesis 9:1

• Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
• Genesis 1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
• Genesis 2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
• Genesis 8:17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
• Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of tens of thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
• Psalms 112:1Praise Yah. Blessed is the man that feareth Yhwh, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
• Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Genesis 10:32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Commentaries on Genesis 9:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1God blessed Noah - Even the increase of families, which appears to depend on merely natural means, and sometimes fortuitous circumstances, is all of God. It is by his power and wisdom that the human being is formed, and it is by his providence alone that man is supported and preserved.Read the comment
• 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. 1God blesses Noah, and grants flesh for food. (1-3) Blood, and murder forbidden. (4-7) God's covenant by the rainbow. (8-17) Noah plants a vineyard, is drunken and mocked by Ham. (18-23) Noah curses Canaan, blesses Shem, prays for Japheth, His death. (24-29) Verses 1-3 The blessing of God is the cause of our doing well. On him we depend, to him we should be thankful. Let us not forget the advantage and pleasure we have from the labour of beasts, and which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Be 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.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

Topics related to Genesis 9:1

• Benedictions
• Blessing
• Covenant
• Propagation

In the dictionaries

• God
• Noah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cloud
• Covenant
• Dwell
• Enlarge
• Meat
• Move
• Set

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