King James Version

Genesis 9:7

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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וְאַתֶּ֖םveatemand theeאַתָּהconjunction, pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.פְּר֣וּpervbearפָּרָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bear”, a commandH6509to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.וּרְב֑וּurevvand increaseרָבָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and increase”, a commandH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…שִׁרְצ֥וּshirtsvbreed abundantlyשָׁרַץverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “breed abundantly”, a commandH8317to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or aboundbreed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.בָאָ֖רֶץvaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וּרְבוּurevvand increaseרָבָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and increase”, a commandH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…בָֽהּvahinבָֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Young’s Literal Translation

And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.

Douay-Rheims

But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐξάνεσθε, καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆς.