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) 2} The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.^[a]

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

¹⁸ Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.^{(A) 19} Go, therefore, and make disciples^(B) of^[a] all nations,^(C) baptizing^(D) them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember,^[b] I am with you always,^[c] to the end of the age.”^(E)

⁷ He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority.^{(A) 8} But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends^[a] of the earth.”^(B)