Gen 1:28-30, 9:1-3, Deu 32:8, Jer 27:5-6 | ESV | STEP | And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill 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 moves on the earth .

Genesis 1:28-30

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, ^a“Be fruitful and multiply and fill 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 moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. ^bYou shall have them for food. 30 And ^cto every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 9:1-3

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ^d“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 ^eThe fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3 ^fEvery moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And ^gas I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

Deuteronomy 32:8

8 When the Most High ^hgave to the nations their inheritance,
when he ⁱdivided mankind,
he fixed the borders ^{▼▼Or territories} of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God. ^{▼▼Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel}

Jeremiah 27:5-6

5 “It is I who ^lby my great power and my outstretched arm ^mhave made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, ⁿand I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 ^oNow I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^pmy servant, ^qand I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.