Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:29; Genesis 3:15; Genesis 4:25; Genesis 7:3; Genesis 8:22; Genesis 9:9; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:3; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 15:13; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 16:10; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 17:9; Genesis 17:10; Genesis 17:12; Genesis 17:19; Genesis 19:32; Genesis 19:34; Genesis 21:12; Genesis 21:13; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 24:60; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 26:24; Genesis 28:4; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 28:14; Genesis 32:12; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 38:8; Genesis 38:9; Genesis 46:6; Genesis 46:7; Genesis 47:19; Genesis 47:23; Genesis 47:24; Genesis 48:4; Genesis 48:11; Genesis 48:19

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Genesis 1:11

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.
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Genesis 1:12

12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:29

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
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Genesis 3:15

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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Genesis 4:25

25 Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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Genesis 7:3

3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
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Genesis 8:22

22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
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Genesis 9:9

9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
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Genesis 12:7

7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
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Genesis 13:15

15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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Genesis 13:16

16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
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Genesis 15:3

3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
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Genesis 15:5

5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
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Genesis 15:13

13 Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
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Genesis 15:18

18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
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Genesis 16:10

10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
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Genesis 17:7

7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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Genesis 17:8

8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
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Genesis 17:9

9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
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Genesis 17:10

10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
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Genesis 17:12

12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.
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Genesis 17:19

19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
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Genesis 19:32

32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
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Genesis 19:34

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”
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Genesis 21:12

12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
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Genesis 21:13

13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
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Genesis 22:17

17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
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Genesis 22:18

18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
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Genesis 24:7

7 “The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
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Genesis 24:60

60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”
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Genesis 26:3

3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
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Genesis 26:4

4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
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Genesis 26:24

24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
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Genesis 28:4

4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
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Genesis 28:13

13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
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Genesis 28:14

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
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Genesis 32:12

12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”
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Genesis 35:12

12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
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Genesis 38:8

8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”
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Genesis 38:9

9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.
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Genesis 46:6

6 So Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt, taking with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan.
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Genesis 46:7

7 Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
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Genesis 47:19

19 Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
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Genesis 47:23

23 Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.
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Genesis 47:24

24 But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.”
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Genesis 48:4

4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’
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Genesis 48:11

11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
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Genesis 48:19

19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
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