Genesis 5:2

5:2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” 1 

Genesis 9:1

God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah

9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 28:1

28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman! 2 

Genesis 48:3

48:3 Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God 3  appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

1 tn The Hebrew word used here is אָדָם (’adam).

2 tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”

3 tn Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.