That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to engender.
Historical and theological verse study from Book of Genesis, Chapter 1.
Apply the spiritual lesson of Genesis 1:22 through prayerful reflection and faithful obedience.
“Gracious Father, write the truth of Genesis 1:22 upon my heart by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen.”
“And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.”
“Benedixitque eis, dicens : Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete aquas maris : avesque multiplicentur super terram.”
“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”
“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
“God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.””
“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to engender.
That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to engender.
Having blessed them with excellent natures, and heavenly gifts and graces, he further blesseth them with a special and temporal blessing expressed in the following words. with inhabitants to be begotten by you. Whether this be a command obliging all men to marriage and procreation? So the Hebrew doctors think. It may be thus resolved: 1. It is a command obliging all men so far as not to suffer the extinction of mankind: thus it did absolutely bind Adam and Eve, as also Noah, and his sons and their wives, after the Flood. 2. It doth not oblige every particular person to marry, as appears both from the example of the Lord Jesus, who lived and died in an unmarried state, and from his commendation of those who made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of God, Mat 19:12; and from St. Paul’s approbation of virginity, 1Co 7:1, 1Co 7:8, 1Co 7:26-27, 1Co 7:32, &c. 3. It is here rather a promise or benediction than a command, as appears both from Gen 2:22, where the same words are applied to the brute beasts, who are not subject to a command; and because if this were a command, it would equally oblige every man to exercise dominion over fishes and fowls, &c., which is absurd. It is therefore a permission rather than a command, though it be expressed in the form of a command, as other permissions frequently are, as Gen 2:16 Deu 14:4.
Blessed them, or enabled them to produce others. — Multiply: the immense numbers and variety of fishes and fowls is truly astonishing.
Verses 20-25 God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and as curious, seem to have been part of this day's work. The Creator's wisdom and power are to be admired as much in an ant as in an elephant. The power of God's providence preserves all things, and fruitfulness is the effect of his blessing.
“And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.”
“All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.”
“And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.”