Be Fruitful and Multiply

               The phrase “be fruitful and multiply appears in the bible in Genesis 1:28 after God creates creatures and again when God creates Humans. He uses this phrase to tell them to increase in number and live good lives. This allusion is sometimes used to explain why the earth is here, as used in this song by Chali 2na, David Bryne, Gift of Gab, and Z-Trip. It explains that the earth is here for us to populate it. A similar meaning comes from the phrase. She speaks to it meaning that we should develop a stable social structure and a good society. The T.V. show Moral Orel uses it in a different way. It shows Orel convincing an atheist to go to church and how she is now living the life god wants her to live. Helen Keller uses the allusion to draw in listeners when she says “Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.” Stating that we should be careful of over population. This allusion is generally used in a happier light than the previous allusion.