Genesis 1:22
Douay-Rheims
And he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea: and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth.
Sforno
“And G-d blessed them” – for the goal [intended] for them would not be achieved unless they would be many.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Source details
1550 · Genesis 1:22
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.