Genesis 9:7

New English Translation

⁷“But as for you,^[a] be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 9:7 sn The disjunctive clause (vav plus subject plus verb) here indicates a strong contrast to what has preceded. Against the backdrop of the warnings about taking life, God now instructs the people to produce life, using terms reminiscent of the mandate given to Adam (Gen 1:28).

Genesis 9:7

International Children’s Bible

⁷“Noah, I want you and your family to have many children. Grow in number on the earth and become many.”

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