Genesis 1:22

22 Then God blessed them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

Genesis 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them
With a power to procreate their kind, and continue their species, as it is interpreted in the next clause; saying, be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the
seas:
and these creatures do multiply exceedingly, and vast quantities there are of them in the mighty waters, though the consumption of some sorts of them is very great. Our English word "fish" is derived from the Hebrew word (vwp) , "fush", which signifies to multiply and increase: and let fowl multiply in the earth;
as they did, and continue to do to this day.

Genesis 1:22 In-Context

20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with living things, and let birds fly above the earth up in the dome of the sky."

21 God created the great sea animals and all the tiny living things that swarm in the waters, each according to its kind, and all the winged birds, each according to its kind. God saw how good it was.

22 Then God blessed them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

23 There was evening and there was morning: the fifth day.

24 God said, "Let the earth produce every kind of living thing: livestock, crawling things, and wildlife." And that's what happened.