Genesis 1:28

Hebrew Bible

27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.” 29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Jeremiah 3:16

Hebrew Bible

15 I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight. 16 In those days, your population will multiply and become fruitful34 in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done anymore! 17 At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord’s name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.

 Notes and References

"... Jeremiah in fact seems to enjoy such reversals on P's language. P several times uses the expression "Be fruitful and multiply," and P emphasizes the ark, which the Tabernacle houses. But Jeremiah prophesies: It will be, when you will multiply and be fruitful in the land in those days, says Yahweh, that they will no longer say, "the ark of the covenant of Yahweh," and it will not come to mind, and it will not be made anymore.' Recall that Jeremiah is from the priests of Shiloh, who brought us E, the source that never mentions the ark, and D, the source that mentions it rarely (only in chapters 10 and 31). Then it is not surprising to find Jeremiah eschewing the ark in a twist of P's own language ..."

Friedman, Richard Elliott Who Wrote the Bible? (p. 168) Harper San Francisco, 1997

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