Genesis 9:7 meaning and explanation

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

Genesis 9:7, Berean Standard Bible

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God speaks these words to Noah and his sons after the flood, renewing the commission first given at creation. The command to be fruitful and multiply is more than permission to have children; it places family life and the filling of the earth at the center of the new world.

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