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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
Noah
Noach (Hebrew #5146)
rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood
KJV usage: Noah.
Pronounce: no'-akh
Origin: the same as 5118
and his sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto themt, Be fruitful
parah (Hebrew #6509)
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.
Pronounce: paw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and multiply
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and replenish
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Gen. 9:7,19• 7And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
 19These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad. (Gen. 9:7,19)
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Gen. 10:32• 32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood. (Gen. 10:32)

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Cross References

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1-3:  God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.
4-7:  Blood and murder are forbidden.
8-17:  God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge.
18-19:  Noah's family replenish the world.
20:  Noah plants a vineyard.
21-24:  Is drunken, and mocked by his son.
25:  Curses Canaan.
26:  Blesses Shem.
27-29:  Prays for Japheth, and dies.
blessed.
Gen. 9:7• 7And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it. (Gen. 9:7)
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Gen. 1:22,28• 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.
 28And God blessed them; and God said to 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 heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. (Gen. 1:22,28)
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Gen. 2:3• 3And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it, because that on it he rested from all his work which God had created in making it. (Gen. 2:3)
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Gen. 8:17• 17Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth. (Gen. 8:17)
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Gen. 24:60• 60And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! (Gen. 24:60)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)
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Psa. 128:3‑4• 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah. (Psa. 128:3‑4)
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Isa. 51:2• 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him. (Isa. 51:2)
Be.
Gen. 9:7,19• 7And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
 19These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad. (Gen. 9:7,19)
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Gen. 1:28• 28And God blessed them; and God said to 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 heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. (Gen. 1:28)
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Gen. 8:17• 17Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth. (Gen. 8:17)
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Gen. 10:32• 32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood. (Gen. 10:32)

J. N. Darby Translation

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