He says in Genesis 1:28-29, he blesses them, "God blessed them and God said to them, ; 'Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it; And rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky and all the living things that creep on earth.

创世纪》第一章第28和29中他说，他保佑他们，“上帝保佑他们，并对他们说，要富饶多产，填满地球并且掌管它;,管理海中的鱼，天上的鸟,以及一切爬行在地上的生物。

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The way these things work, when you are engaged in agriculture, it's natural to go first to that soil, to that patch of land which is known to be likely to produce the best land, the most fertile, the best product, the most fertile land there is.

这一方式是这样运作的,当你从事农业,你自然而然的会首先关注土壤因素,去找出已知土地中最为肥沃的那一块,土地越肥沃,产量越高,就越追求更为肥沃的土地

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