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.”

¹⁷ Bring out all the living creatures^[a] that are with you—birds, livestock, those that crawl on the ground—and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”^(A)

⁷ But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”^(A)

¹¹ God also said to him: