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Fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, &#8220Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, &#8220Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fertile, increase in number, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and ordered them, "Be productive, multiply, and fill the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ?Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God blesses Noah and his sons, and says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God will praise Noah and his sons, and will say to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his children and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/9-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1845" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">The Covenant of the Rainbow</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">And God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: way·ḇā·reḵ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Noah</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and his sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6509.htm" title="6509: pə·rū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To bear fruit, be fruitful. A primitive root; to bear fruit.">“Be fruitful</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: ū·rə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">and multiply</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mil·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">and fill</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a></span><br />God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a></span><br />I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">Genesis 17:6</a></span><br />I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a></span><br />And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Genesis 48:4</a></span><br />and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a></span><br />I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-13.htm">Deuteronomy 7:13</a></span><br />He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-3.htm">Deuteronomy 28:3-6</a></span><br />You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. / The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-38.htm">Psalm 107:38</a></span><br />He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-2.htm">Isaiah 51:2</a></span><br />Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a></span><br />Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Ezekiel 36:11</a></span><br />I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-26.htm">Acts 17:26</a></span><br />From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-17.htm">Romans 4:17-18</a></span><br />As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. / Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-8</a></span><br />Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.</p><p class="hdg">blessed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Genesis 9:7</a></b></br> And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22,28</a></b></br> And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-3.htm">Genesis 2:3</a></b></br> And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.</p><p class="hdg">Be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Genesis 9:7,19</a></b></br> And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a></b></br> And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a></b></br> Bring forth with thee every living thing that <i>is</i> with thee, of all flesh, <i>both</i> of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/6-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Replenish</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/9-26.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/14-19.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/genesis/26-15.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/14-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Replenish</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Blood and murder are forbidden.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-18.htm">Noah's family replenishes the world.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">Noah plants a vineyard,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Is drunken, and mocked by his son;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Curses Canaan;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-26.htm">Blesses Shem;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-27.htm">Prays for Japheth, and dies.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It underscores God's continued favor and covenant relationship with humanity despite the judgment of the flood. The blessing indicates divine approval and empowerment for Noah and his descendants to fulfill God's purposes. This blessing also marks a new beginning for humanity, as Noah and his sons are the progenitors of all post-flood human life. Theologically, it reflects God's grace and mercy, as He chooses to bless and sustain humanity despite its sinful nature.<p><b>and said to them,</b><br>This direct communication from God to Noah and his sons highlights the personal nature of God's relationship with humanity. It emphasizes that God is not distant but actively involved in guiding and instructing His creation. This divine speech acts as a covenantal declaration, setting the stage for the responsibilities and expectations God has for Noah and his descendants. It also serves as a reminder of the authority and sovereignty of God, who speaks and commands with purpose and intention.<p><b>“Be fruitful and multiply</b><br>This command echoes the original mandate given to Adam and Eve, reinforcing the continuity of God's plan for human proliferation and stewardship of the earth. It underscores the importance of family and procreation in God's design for humanity. Historically, this command was crucial for the repopulation of the earth after the flood, ensuring the survival and spread of human civilization. Theologically, it points to the value God places on life and the family unit as foundational to society. This command also prefigures the spiritual multiplication seen in the Great Commission (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>), where believers are called to make disciples of all nations.<p><b>and fill the earth.</b><br>This phrase completes the mandate by emphasizing the geographical spread of humanity across the globe. It reflects God's intention for humans to inhabit and steward the entire earth, not just a specific region. This command anticipates the diversity of cultures and peoples that would arise as humanity spreads. It also connects to the Tower of Babel narrative in <a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11</a>, where humanity's attempt to centralize and resist this command leads to God's intervention and the scattering of peoples. In a broader theological sense, this phrase can be seen as a type of the eventual filling of the earth with the knowledge of the Lord, as prophesied in <a href="/habakkuk/2-14.htm">Habakkuk 2:14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of all life, who initiates a new covenant with Noah and his descendants after the flood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah's_sons.htm">Noah's Sons</a></b><br>Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who are tasked with repopulating the earth alongside their father.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The renewed creation that has been cleansed by the flood, now ready to be filled with life once again.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_blessing.htm">The Blessing</a></b><br>God's command and promise to Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply, echoing the original blessing given to Adam and Eve.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a></b><br>God remains faithful to His creation, ensuring its continuation through Noah and his family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_family.htm">The Importance of Family</a></b><br>The command to be fruitful and multiply underscores the significance of family in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_responsibility.htm">Human Responsibility</a></b><br>Humanity is entrusted with the stewardship of the earth, a responsibility that began with Adam and is renewed with Noah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_plan.htm">Continuity of God's Plan</a></b><br>God's command to Noah mirrors His original intent for creation, showing His unchanging purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/blessing_and_obedience.htm">Blessing and Obedience</a></b><br>God's blessings often come with responsibilities, and obedience to His commands leads to the fulfillment of His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_earth_repopulate_from_8_people.htm">How was the entire Earth repopulated from only eight survivors so rapidly (Genesis 9:1)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_constitutes_the_noahide_laws.htm">What constitutes the Noahide Laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_identity_of_the_144,000.htm">What does 'fill the earth and subdue it' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">IX.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">God blessed Noah.</span>--The blessing bestowed upon Noah, the second father of mankind, is exactly parallel to that given to our first father in <a href="/context/genesis/1-28.htm" title="And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.">Genesis 1:28-29</a>; <a href="/context/genesis/2-16.htm" title="And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:">Genesis 2:16-17</a>, with a significant addition growing out of the history of the past. There is the same command to fill the world with human life, and the same promise that the fear of man shall rest upon the whole animated creation; but this grant of dominion is so extended that the animals are now given to man for his food. But just as there was a restriction as regards Adam's food, the fruit of the tree of knowledge being refused him, so now there is a prohibition against the eating of blood. The addition is the sanctity given to human life, with the evident object of guarding against such a disruption of the human race as was the result of Cain's murder of Abel. Thus, then, man starts afresh upon his task of subjugating the earth, with increased empire over the animal world, and with his own life more solemnly guarded and made secure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And God</span> - <span class="accented">Elohim</span>, not because belonging to the Elohistic document (Block, Tuch, Colcnso); but rather because throughout this section the Deity is exhibited in his relations to his creatures - <span class="cmt_word">blessed</span> - a repetition of the primal blessing rendered necessary by the devastation of the Flood (cf. <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">Noah and his sons</span>, - as the new heads of the race, - <span class="cmt_word">and said unto them</span>, - audibly, in contrast to <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Genesis 8:21, 22</a>, which was not addressed to the patriarch, but spoken by God to himself in his heart, as if internally resolving on his subsequent course of action, - <span class="cmt_word">Be fruitful, and multiply</span>. A favorite expression of the Elohist (cf. <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>; <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a>; <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1, 7</a>; <a href="/genesis/17-20.htm">Genesis 17:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-3.htm">Genesis 28:3</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Genesis 35:11</a>; <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Genesis 47:27</a>; <a href="/genesis/48-14.htm">Genesis 48:14</a>), (Tuch); but <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the apparently great number of passages melts away when we observe the verbally exact reference of <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a>; <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1, 7</a> to Genesis 1:28; and of <a href="/genesis/48-4.htm">Genesis 48:4</a> to Genesis 35:11; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> the Elohist does not always employ his "favorite expression" where he might have done so, as, e.g., not in <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a>; <a href="/genesis/17-6.htm">Genesis 17:6</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a>; <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> the Jehovist does not avoid it where the course of thought necessarily calls for it (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a>), (Keil). <span class="cmt_word">And replenish the earth</span>. The words, "and subdue it, which had a place in the Adamic blessing, and which the LXX. insert here in the Noachic (<span class="greek">καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς</span>)<span class="accented">, are</span> omitted for the obvious reason that the world dominion originally assigned to man in Adam had been forfeited by sin, and could only be restored through the ideal Man, the woman's seed, to whom it had been transferred at the fail Hence says Paul, speaking of Christ: "<span class="greek">καὶ πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ</span> <span class="greek">τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ</span> (<a href="/ephesians/1-22.htm">Ephesians 1:22</a>); and the writer to the Hebrews: <span class="greek">νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὀρῶμεν</span> <span class="greek">αὐτῷ</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> man) <span class="greek">τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα</span>, <span class="greek">τὸν δὲ βραχύτι παρ ἀγγέλους ἠλαττομένον</span> <span class="greek">βλέπομεν Ἰησοῦν διὰ τὸ πάθημα τοῦ θανάτου</span> <span class="greek">δόξη καὶ τιμῆ ἐστεφανωμένον</span> (<span class="accented">i.e</span>. the world dominion which David, <a href="/psalms/8-6.htm">Psalm 8:6</a>, recognized as belonging to God's ideal man) <span class="greek">ὅπως χάριτι θεοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γεύσηται</span> <span class="greek">θανάτου</span> (<a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8, 9</a>). The original relationship which God had established between man and the lower creatures having been disturbed by sin, the inferior animals, as it were, gradually broke loose from their condition of subjection. As corruption deepened in the human race it was only natural to anticipate that man's lordship over the animal creation would become feebler and feebler. Nor, perhaps, is it an altogether violent hypothesis that, had the Deluge not intervened, in the course of time the beast would have become the master and man the slave. To prevent any such apprehensions in the future, as there was to be no second deluge, the relations of man and the lower creatures were to be placed on a new footing. Ultimately, in the palingenesia, they would be completely restored (cf. <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6</a>); in the mean time, till that glorious consummation should arrive, the otherwise inevitable encroachments of the creatures upon the human family in its sin-created weakness should be restrained by a principle of fear. That was the first important modification made upon the original Adamic blessing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/9-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blessed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḇā·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Noah</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and his sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֧אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Be fruitful</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(pə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6509.htm">Strong's 6509: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear fruit, be fruitful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and multiply</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְב֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and fill</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִלְא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mil·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">OT Law: Genesis 9:1 God blessed Noah and his sons (Gen. 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