²² So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”^(A)

²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,^(A) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls^[a] on the earth.”

God’s Covenant with Noah

9 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.^(A)