Genesis 1:28 meaning and explanation
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.”
Genesis 1:28, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
God blesses the man and woman He has just made in His image and speaks to them directly, giving the first human commission. Being fruitful and multiplying is a blessing, not merely a duty, and it is repeated to Noah after the flood.
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