Genesis 1:22-23 Description And He blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea. Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation) Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted "22. And He blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea; and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day." Verse 22: And He Blessed Them, Saying: Increase and Multiply — God's blessing gives appetite, power, and capacity to generate; fecundity of fish greater than birds "22. AND HE BLESSED THEM, SAYING: INCREASE AND MULTIPLY. For God to bless is to do good"