He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations, and there will be kings among her descendants."

I have heard your request about Ishmael, so I will bless him and give him many children and many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make a great nation of his descendants.

I promise that I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore. Your descendants will conquer their enemies.

All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants---all because you obeyed my command."

And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: "May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!"

Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants.

That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham."

When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" "These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me," Jacob answered.

It is your father's God who helps you, The Almighty God who blesses you With blessings of rain from above And of deep waters from beneath the ground, Blessings of many cattle and children,

I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you.

But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, "Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.

Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.

The LORD blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys.

He blessed his people, and they had many children; he kept their herds of cattle from decreasing.

If the LORD does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the LORD does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.

Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a real blessing.

Happy is the man who has many such arrows. He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home, and your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

A man who obeys the LORD will surely be blessed like this.

The LORD created the heavens--- he is the one who is God! He formed and made the earth--- he made it firm and lasting. He did not make it a desolate waste, but a place for people to live. It is he who says, "I am the LORD, and there is no other god.

Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.

Praise God, O heaven and earth, seas and all creatures in them.