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 14:19

19And he blessed him and said,

cBlessed be Abram by God Most High,
dPossessor
Or Creator; also verse 22
of heaven and earth;

Genesis 17:16

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

Genesis 28:3

3 iGod Almighty
Hebrew El Shaddai
bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 48:15-16

15And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God kbefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 lthe angel who has mredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let nmy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them ogrow into a multitude
Or  let them be like fish for multitude
in the midst of the earth.”

Genesis 48:20

20So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
qGod make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Ruth 4:11-12

11Then all the people who were rat the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, swho together tbuilt up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in uEphrathah and vbe renowned in Bethlehem, 12and may your house be like the house of Perez, wwhom Tamar bore to Judah, because xof the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

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