²² And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

¹⁷ Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

³⁸ He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.

¹² And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

¹ And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

²⁸ And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

¹⁵ He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

²² The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

¹³ Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

¹⁴ Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.

³ Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

³¹ Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

⁹ And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.

¹¹ And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

³⁰ For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

²⁷ And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.