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 9:1

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

Genesis 13:16

16 cI 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 24:60

60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

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

Genesis 41:52

52The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has gmade me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful


Psalms 127:3-5

3 Behold, ichildren are a heritage from the Lord,
jthe fruit of the womb a reward.
4Like arrows in the hand of ka warrior
are the children
Or sons
of one’s youth.
5Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies min the gate.
Or They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate

Psalms 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of oAscents.

1 pBlessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who qwalks in his ways!
2You rshall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
3 Your wife will be like sa fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like tolive shoots
around your table.
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
5 uThe Lord bless you vfrom Zion!
May you see wthe prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6May you see your xchildren’s children!
yPeace be upon Israel!
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