Genesis 1:22

22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on 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 spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"

21 God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.

22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"

23 It was evening, it was morning - Day Five.

24 God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals - all kinds." And there it was: