Genesis 1:20

20And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds
Or flying things; see Leviticus 11:19–20
fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.”

Genesis 1:28

28And God blessed them. And God said to them, b“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, c“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 12:2

2 dAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

16 eI will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Genesis 15:5

5And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and fnumber the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, gSo shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 17:4-6

4Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be hthe father of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be called Abram,
 Abram means exalted father
but jyour name shall be Abraham,
 Abraham means father of a multitude
lfor I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make myou into nations, and nkings shall come from you.

Genesis 17:16

16I will bless her, and moreover, I will ogive
Hebrew have given
you a son by her. I will bless her, and qshe shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

Genesis 22:17

17I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring ras the stars of heaven and sas the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess tthe gate of his
Or their
enemies,

Genesis 26:4

4 vI will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And win your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Exodus 12:37

37And the xpeople of Israel journeyed from yRameses to Succoth, zabout six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
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