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And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
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Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
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Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
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God’s Promise to Noah
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
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And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.
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I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
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And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
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And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
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since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
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In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
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A Bride for Isaac
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
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And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”
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And he said, “Come in, O blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
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The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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And I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.
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And they blessed Rebekah and said to her: “Our sister, may you become The mother of thousands of ten thousands; And may your descendants possess The gates of those who hate them.”
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And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi.
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And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
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Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.
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that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”
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And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
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And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the Lord has blessed.
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Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!”
