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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםblessedיְבָרֶךְNoahאֶת נֹחַand his sonsוְאֶת בָּנָיוand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Be fruitfulפְּרוּand multiplyוּרְבוּand fillוּמִלְאוּthe earth.אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 9:1
Study it in the app“And Elohim blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”
After the flood, God blesses Noah and gives him the animals for foodCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 9:1, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- and his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Be fruitfulפְּרוּperu
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “peru” appears- and multiplyרְבוּrevu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “revu” appears- and fillמִלְאוּmilu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “milu” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the fear and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth and on every bird of the sky, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are given.
To study Genesis 9 in a group
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?