e fruitful and multiply, fill the Earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28). God speaks to man for the first time and it's a command. It could mean that God is telling man that the ultimate purpose in life is to populate the world and to control everything in it. That man does not fulfill his purpose if he does not procreate. This concept is reaffirmed after God destroys all but four couples after the flood. He speaks to Noah and his sons and after blessing them he says, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land&
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