Genesis 1:28
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28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
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Genesis 9:1
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9 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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Genesis 9:1
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God’s Covenant With Noah
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(A)
Genesis 29:31
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Jacob's Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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Genesis 29:31
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Jacob’s Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(A) he enabled her to conceive,(B) but Rachel remained childless.
Genesis 30:22
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22 Then God (A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (B)opened her womb.
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Genesis 30:22
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Genesis 30:22
English Standard Version
22 Then God (A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (B)opened her womb.
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Genesis 30:22
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Psalm 127:3
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Psalm 127:3
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3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward(A) from him.
Psalm 128:3-4
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3 Your wife will be like (A)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (B)olive shoots
around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
Isaiah 8:18
English Standard Version
18 (A)Behold, I and (B)the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
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Isaiah 8:18
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18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(A) We are signs(B) and symbols(C) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(D)
Malachi 2:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[a] And what was the one God[b] seeking?[c] (B)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (C)faithless to the wife of your youth.
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- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
- Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
- Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
Malachi 2:15
New International Version
15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
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