When Noah and his sons got off the ark, God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" (Genesis 9:1).
Khumbula ukuthi lapho uNowa nomndeni wakhe bephuma emkhunjini ngemva kukaZamcolo, uJehova wathi kubo: "Ingebhe nokunesaba okukhulu kuzohlale kukhona kuzo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo zomhlaba."