Genesis 9:1

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Cross-reference

Genesis 9:7 Parallel

Genesis 9:7 repeats the command from 9:1, reinforcing the blessing to be fruitful and multiply.

Genesis 1:22 shows the same 'be fruitful' blessing given to animals, mirroring God's blessing to Noah.

Genesis 1:28 is the original creation mandate to Adam, which God renews to Noah in 9:1 after the flood.

Genesis 8:17 gives the same 'be fruitful' command to the animals, anticipating the blessing to humans in 9:1.

Genesis 10:32 Historical context

Genesis 10:32 shows the outcome: the nations spread abroad from Noah's sons, fulfilling the command to fill the earth.

Genesis 10:1 Historical context

Genesis 10:1 immediately notes that children were born to Noah's sons after the flood, directly tracing the fulfillment of the command to multiply.

Genesis 28:3 echoes the same blessing language—'make you fruitful and multiply you'—applied to Jacob, paralleling the Noahic blessing.

Genesis 24:60 Related theme

In Genesis 24:60, Rebekah receives a similar blessing of multiplication ('become thousands'), echoing the command to Noah to be fruitful and fill the earth.

Exodus 1:7 Parallel

Exodus 1:7 describes Israel's multiplication using the same language ('fruitful, multiplied, filled'), showing the fulfillment of the patriarchal blessing.

Psalm 107:38 describes God blessing and multiplying, directly echoing the same fruitfulness mandate given to Noah.

Isaiah 45:18 Related theme

Isaiah 45:18 says God created the earth to be inhabited, underscoring the purpose behind the command to be fruitful and fill the earth.

Psalm 128:3 Related theme

Psalm 128:3 pictures a fruitful wife and children like olive shoots—a poetic depiction of the multiplication promised in the blessing to Noah.

Isaiah 51:2 Related theme

Isaiah 51:2 recalls God blessing and multiplying Abraham—a parallel to the same divine pattern of multiplication given to Noah.