The Meaning of Genesis 9:7 Explained

Genesis 9:7

KJV: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

YLT: And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

Darby: And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.

ASV: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And you, be ye fruitful,  and multiply;  bring forth abundantly  in the earth,  and multiply  therein. 

What does Genesis 9:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 9:1-17 - God's Covenant With Noah
As the human race started afresh on its career, God blessed it, as at the first. God always stands with us in a new start. The prohibition against the use of blood in food is often repeated. See Leviticus 17:11; Acts 15:29. In a very deep sense, the blood is the life. When we speak of being redeemed by the blood of Jesus, we mean that we have been saved by His sacrificed life. The blood maketh atonement for the soul. But while animal life might be used for food or sacrifice, human life was surrounded by the most solemn sanctions. A Covenant is a promise or undertaking resting on certain conditions, with a sign or token attached to it. The bow in the cloud, the Lord's Supper, the wedding ring are signs and seals of their respective covenants. Never witness a rainbow without remembering that as God hath sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so He will not withdraw His kindness. See Isaiah 54:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 9

1  God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food
4  Blood and murder are forbidden
8  God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge
18  Noah's family replenishes the world
20  Noah plants a vineyard,
21  Is drunken, and mocked by his son;
25  Curses Canaan;
26  Blesses Shem;
27  Prays for Japheth, and dies

What do the individual words in Genesis 9:7 mean?

And as for you be fruitful and multiply bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply in it -
וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ וּרְבוּ־ בָֽהּ ס

וְאַתֶּ֖ם  And  as  for  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine plural
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
פְּר֣וּ  be  fruitful 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: פָּרָה 
Sense: to bear fruit, be fruitful, branch off.
וּרְב֑וּ  and  multiply 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
שִׁרְצ֥וּ  bring  forth  abundantly 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁרַץ  
Sense: (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply.
בָאָ֖רֶץ  in  the  earth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וּרְבוּ־  and  multiply 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
בָֽהּ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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