Multiply and replenish

Many things have been said about what it means to multiply and replenish the earth. What exactly is our command? The scripture is:

Gen. 1: 28

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be ^afruitful, and ^bmultiply, and ^creplenish the ^dearth,

First of all the word fruitful means:

1.	producing good results; beneficial; profitable.

2.	abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly.

3.	producing an abundant growth, as of fruit: fruitful soil; fruitful rain.

Synonyms: productive.

So first of all, we are to to produce good, beneficial results which are abundant and be productive.

Second, we are to multiply and replenish.

Multiply is: –verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of
to propagate (plants)
to breed (animals)
to increase by procreation.
we need to increase and propagate. We know how to do that. We need to have children. We are not meant to be barren. Sometimes it isn't a choice, but when it is, we are to be unselfish and give children the chance to come into this world. But I think we are also supposed to multiply the things of the earth. It occurs to me that this scripture might not only be talking about having children. I think we are to multiply, propagate, breed and increase the things of the earth.

And the next word in English is replenish which means:
–verb (used with object)

1.	to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.

2.	to supply (a fire, stove, etc.) with fresh fuel.

3.	to fill again or anew.

However, in Spanish the word used instead of replenish is hinchar which means to make it swell. Like when you cook beans or macaroni or spaghetti, they swell to many times their original size. It isn't an exact measurement, it is growth, or increase in size.

Our command isn't just to replace ourselves; we are to make the population or the supplies of the earth bigger, larger, increased in size. I get the feeling when reading it, that it isn't just talking about how many children we should have but how we treat the earth. We are to help multiply the things of the earth, not deplete it. We are to care for and make it full or complete again, each of us through generations should be caring for the earth and helping it to be filled and anew.

Many generations have been self-serving and self-centered, not thinking about what the earth needs. We need to change our focus from what we need to what we can do to care for and increase the earth through our love of our families and our love for God, whose earth it is and whose children we bear.