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The Septuagint 8.17 · 8.17

Be fruitful and multiply

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καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία ὅσα ἐστὶν μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ πᾶσα σὰρξ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν ἕως κτηνῶν, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐξάγαγε μετὰ σοῦ· καὶ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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καὶkaìandπάνταpántaallτὰtheθηρίαthēríawild beastsὅσαhósathatἐστὶνestìnareμετὰmetàwithσοῦsoûyou,καὶkaìandπᾶσαpâsaallσὰρξsárxfleshἀπὸapòfromπετεινῶνpeteinônbirdsἕωςhéōstoκτηνῶνktēnôncattle,καὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryἑρπετὸνherpetòncreeping thingκινούμενονkinoúmenonthat movesἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearthἐξάγαγεexágagebring outμετὰmetàwithσοῦsoûyou·καὶkaìandαὐξάνεσθεauxánesthebe fruitfulκαὶkaìandπληθύνεσθεplēthýnesthemultiplyἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearth.

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The blessing spoken over Noah's animals repeats, almost word for word, the blessing spoken over creation itself in Gen 1:22, 28 — a deliberate return to the beginning after the world's near-undoing.

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