"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."

He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: "May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!"

Praise the LORD! Happy is the person who honors the LORD, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home, and your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

A man who obeys the LORD will surely be blessed like this.

Think of your ancestor, Abraham, and of Sarah, from whom you are descended. When I called Abraham, he was childless, but I blessed him and gave him children; I made his descendants numerous.

"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."

These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.