“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
Genesis 1:22
BSBGo deeper on this verse (3)
- In the Beginning: Why God Created by Speaking (Genesis 1)
- Let There Be Light: The Ten Sayings of Genesis 1 and the Word Behind Them
Connection with exiting the ark
God told Noah to bring out every living creature "so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it" (Genesis 8:17). Be fruitful, parah (H6509), and multiply, rabah (H7235), are the same two words God spoke over the first living creatures back on the fifth day (Genesis 1:22). Noah stepped off the ark into a re-issued creation blessing.
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