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Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it.(A)

[a]God said to Noah and to his sons with him: See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you(B)

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  1. 9:8–17 God makes a covenant with Noah and his descendants and, remarkably, with all the animals who come out of the ark: never again shall the world be destroyed by flood. The sign of this solemn promise is the appearance of a rainbow.

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(A)

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you(B) and with your descendants after you

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