¹⁷ Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”^(A)

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)

⁷ As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”^(A)

¹⁹ These were the three sons of Noah,^(A) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.^(B)

²⁷ Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.^(A) They acquired property there^(B) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.^(C)

⁹ “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,^(A) and I will keep my covenant^(B) with you.

¹¹ I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful^(A) and become numerous. I will settle people^(B) on you as in the past^(C) and will make you prosper more than before.^(D) Then you will know that I am the Lord.