Genesis 1:22 KJV
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Old Words
- fowl a bird
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Animals createdGod commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious,...
Thompson Chains
- Blessings (4)See the chain from Genesis 1:28 · 5 links
Cross References
- Genesis 8:17 Bring 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 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 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 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- Psalms 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- Genesis 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
- Genesis 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
- Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Leviticus 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Psalms 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Psalms 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Psalms 144:13–14 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: …
- Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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Topics
- Benedictions Upon creatures he had made
- Birds Creation of, on the fifth creative day
- Creation History of
- Fish Creation of
- God Creator
- Miracles Creation of the world
- Propagation Of species, enjoined
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible4004 BC · The Creation
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Strong’s Numbers
- And God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- blessed בָרַךְ bârak
- them, saying אָמַר ʼâmar
- Be fruitful פָּרָה pârâh
- and multiply רָבָה râbâh
- and fill מָלֵא mâlêʼ
- the waters מַיִם mayim
- in the seas יָם yâm
- and let fowl עוֹף ʻôwph
- multiply רָבָה râbâh
- in the earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets
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