Genesis 9:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

“ ‘I will have respect for you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:

I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare.

All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.

“ ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Therefore Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.

I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

“Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.

and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.

You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

“See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.

They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them.”

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,