⁴ Knowest thou `not' this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

²⁸ And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

² And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

³ Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all.

⁸ For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

¹⁰ With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much elder than thy father.

⁷ I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.