Genesis 9:7

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.

““Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 28; ix. 7.

“And if both before and after the deluge the maxim held good: “be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth:” what has that to do with us upon whom the ends of the ages are come, unto whom it is said, “the time is short,” and “now the axe is laid unto the root of the…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 28; ix. 7.