Genesis 9:1 (WEB)
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
Catechism · 2
The Seventh Commandment
“God entrusted animals to the stewardship of those whom he created in his own image.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:19-20; 9:1-4.
In the Old Testament
Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“And lest we should say that this is a quotation from the Old Testament, he asserts that it has been confirmed by the Lord in the Gospel—“What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”: and he immediately adds, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 28; ix. 1.
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Gregory the Great
“And, when the Lord said to Noe and his children, Increase and multiply, and replenish the earth (Gen. ix. 1), He at once added, And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §2417.
Cited together in Catechism §2417.