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Genesis 1:28-31

28And Godאֱלֹהִים֒'E.lo.HimH430blessedוַיְבָ֣רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288them, and Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Be fruitfulפְּר֥וּpe.RuH6509,and multiplyוּרְב֛וּu.re.VuH7235,and fillוּמִלְא֥וּu.mil.'UH4390the earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and subdue itוְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָve.khiv.Shu.haH3533:and have dominionוּרְד֞וּu.re.DuH7287over the fishבִּדְגַ֤תbid.GatH1710of the seaהַיָּם֙hai.YamH3220,and over the fowlוּבְע֣וֹףu.ve.'ofH5775of the airהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and over every living thingחַיָּ֖הchai.YahH2416that movethהָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂתha.ro.Me.setH7430upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

29And Godאֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהִנֵּה֩hi.NehH2009,I have givenנָתַ֨תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414you every herbעֵ֣שֶׂב׀'E.sevH6212bearingזֹרֵ֣עַzo.Re.a'H2232seedזֶ֗רַעZe.ra'H2233, which isupon the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of all the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and every treeהָעֵ֛ץha.'EtzH6086, in the which isthe fruitפְרִי־fe.ri-H6529of a treeעֵ֖ץ'etzH6086yieldingזֹרֵ֣עַzo.Re.a'H2232seedזָ֑רַעZa.ra'H2233;to you it shall beיִֽהְיֶ֖הyih.YehH1961for meatלְאָכְלָֽה׃le.'okh.LahH402.

30And to every beastחַיַּ֣תchai.YatH2416of the earthהָ֠אָרֶץHa.'a.retzH776,and to every fowlע֨וֹףofH5775of the airהַשָּׁמַ֜יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and to every thing that creepethרוֹמֵ֣שׂro.MesH7430upon the earthהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776, wherein there islifeנֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔הNe.fesh chai.YahH5315 H2416, I have givenevery greenיֶ֥רֶקYe.rekH3418herbעֵ֖שֶׂב'E.sevH6212for meatלְאָכְלָ֑הle.'okh.LahH402: and it was so.

31And Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430sawוַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'H7200every thing thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he had madeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213, and, behold, it wasveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966goodט֖וֹבTovH2896.And the eveningעֶ֥רֶב'E.revH6153and the morningבֹ֖קֶרVo.kerH1242were the sixthהַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃ פha.shi.ShiH8345dayי֥וֹםYomH3117.

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