Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
KJV
Hebrew original
קְח֣וּ נָשִׁ֗ים וְ/הוֹלִידוּ֮ בָּנִ֣ים וּ/בָנוֹת֒ וּ/קְח֨וּ לִ/בְנֵי/כֶ֜ם נָשִׁ֗ים וְ/אֶת בְּנֽוֹתֵי/כֶם֙ תְּנ֣וּ לַֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְ/תֵלַ֖דְנָה בָּנִ֣ים וּ/בָנ֑וֹת וּ/רְבוּ שָׁ֖ם וְ/אַל תִּמְעָֽטוּ
Louis Segond 1910
Prenez des femmes, et engendrez des fils et des filles; prenez des femmes pour vos fils, et donnez des maris à vos filles, afin qu'elles enfantent des fils et des filles; multipliez là où vous êtes, et ne diminuez pas.
KJV
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
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