Genesis 1:22

22 benedixitque eis dicens crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris avesque multiplicentur super terram

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 dixit etiam Deus producant aquae reptile animae viventis et volatile super terram sub firmamento caeli

21 creavitque Deus cete grandia et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem quam produxerant aquae in species suas et omne volatile secundum genus suum et vidit Deus quod esset bonum

22 benedixitque eis dicens crescite et multiplicamini et replete aquas maris avesque multiplicentur super terram

23 et factum est vespere et mane dies quintus

24 dixit quoque Deus producat terra animam viventem in genere suo iumenta et reptilia et bestias terrae secundum species suas factumque est ita