Motif
Blessing of fruitfulness and multiplication
blessing_of_fruitfulness_and_multiplication
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish christian
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Genesis Genesis / Chapter 1; lines 75-141 confidence: high
God creates water creatures, large sea creatures, and winged birds, sees goodness, blesses them to multiply, and the fifth day is marked.
Water and sky creatures are blessed to be fruitful and multiply, and humans receive a similar blessing and command.
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