Genesis 1:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 1:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ
bârak
H1288
to bless
אֹתָ֛ם
ʼêth
H853
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אֱלֹהִ֖ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לֵאמֹ֑ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
פְּר֣וּ
pârâh
H6509
to bear fruit
וּרְב֗וּ
râbâh
H7235
to multiply
וּמִלְא֤וּ
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמַּ֨יִם֙
mayim
H4325
water
בַּיַּמִּ֔ים
yâm
H3220
sea
וְהָע֖וֹף
ʻôwph
H5775
bird
יִ֥רֶב
râbâh
H7235
to multiply
בָּאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
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King James Version Public Domain
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply on the earth.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).