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The Septuagint 1.22 · 1.22

Be fruitful and multiply

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καὶ ηὐλόγησεν αὐτὰ ὁ θ[εὸς λέγων] Αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθ[ύνεσθε, καὶ] πληρώσατε τὰ ὕδατα [ἐν ταῖς θα]λάσσαις, καὶ τὰ πετε[ινὰ πληθυ]νέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῆς [γῆς.

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καὶkaìandηὐλόγησενēulógēsenblessedαὐτὰautàthemhotheθ[εὸςth[eòsGodλέγων]légōn]sayingΑὐξάνεσθεAuxánestheIncreaseκαὶkaìandπληθ[ύνεσθεplēth[ýnesthemultiply,καὶ]kaì]andπληρώσατεplērṓsatefillτὰtheὕδαταhýdatawaters[ἐν[eninταῖςtaîstheθα]λάσσαιςtha]lássaisseas,καὶkaìandτὰtheπετε[ινὰpete[inàbirdsπληθυ]νέσθωσανplēthy]nésthōsanlet multiplyἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêsthe[γῆς[gêsthe earth.

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God's first blessing, and first command to “be fruitful and multiply” — words repeated to humankind in 1:28. Codex A is badly damaged through this verse; Swete restores most of the second half conjecturally.

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