Reflection to Genesis scripture 1:28

And God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28

This scripture from the book of Genesis is saying that God has the ultimate rule, or "dominion" over all. This scripture shows God giving some of his divine power and rule to mankind when the scripture reads, "And God said unto them,"--"them" being the human race. An expectation comes with this new found power that humans have now been given, and it is to take responsibility for the environment and the other creatures that live beside us, along with reproducing/"multiply" to continue this cycle of teasured power.

This scripture implies that people should behave respectfully not only to one another, but also our environment and the earth---which we all definitely take for granted. We all have been given the power to by God to maintain and improve the world we are living in, it is our individual choices whether we choose to fulfill this expectation God has set for us.

This may frame the setting for chapter one because in some ways the scripture is giving you an outline of the expectation God has set for us. Chapter one seems like it would be in some way either completely following this expectation and fulfilling all the requests God mentioned in the scripture. Or, the chapter could go the complete opposite way in the sense that the characters could go against every implication that was made.

I think that the book one chapters will be describing the setting and introducing the characters to the reader. In some ways, this quote helped the reader to visualize what the "ideal" world would look like if everyone were to do their part. Maybe the author added this short scripture in to make the reader begin to ponder what the world described in the scripture would be like, and then introduce us to the world the characters of the book live in.