Genesis 8:17 “Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock,…”

Genesis 8:17

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

World English Bible

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.”

American Standard Version

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite and increase vpon ye earth.

Darby Translation

Bring forth with thee every animal which is with thee, of all flesh, fowl as well as cattle, and all the creeping things which creep on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'

Bible in Basic English

Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

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Cross references

“Bring”

Genesis 7:14 Genesis 7:15

Genesis 7:14 · BSB

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 7:15 · BSB

They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

“breed”

Genesis 1:22 Genesis 9:1 Psalm 107:38 Genesis 9:7 Psalm 144:13 Psalm 144:14

Genesis 1:22 · BSB

Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 9:1 · BSB

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

Psalm 107:38 · BSB

He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

Genesis 9:7 · BSB

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

Psalm 144:13 · BSB

Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

Psalm 144:14 · BSB

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

Also

Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

18So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

Read Genesis 8