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.

⁷ And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.

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.

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.

² Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.

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.

⁴ See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

¹ Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

⁶⁰ And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.

¹⁹ These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.

³ And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.