Genesis – Be Fruitful and Multiply
בראשית א׳:כ״ח
Genesis 1:28
God blesses the first humans with the command 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth' (פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ), establishing procreation as the foundational divine blessing and the first positive commandment.
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ בִּדְגַ֤ת הַיָּם֙ וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּבְכׇל־חַיָּ֖ה הָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
God blessed them and God said to them, “Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.”
See also
- Genesis 1:22unverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Procreation
- Genesis 5:2unverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Procreation
- Ecclesiastes 11:6unverifiedFiled under: The Mitzvah of Procreation