Genesis 1:28

28And God blessed them. And God said to them, a“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 15:4-5

4And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; byour very own son
Hebrew what will come out of your own loins
shall be your heir.”
5And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and dnumber the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, eSo shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 24:60

60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

Our sister, may you fbecome
thousands of ten thousands,
and gmay your offspring possess
the gate of those who hate him!”
Or  hate them

Genesis 30:1-2

1When Rachel saw that ishe bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, jwho has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Genesis 33:5

5And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, k“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Genesis 41:51-52

51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
52The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has mmade me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful


Genesis 48:4

4and 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 ofor an everlasting possession.’

Psalms 128:3-4

3 Your wife will be like pa fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like qolive shoots
around your table.
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
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