Look for a moment at ancient wisdom; consider the truths our ancestors learned.

Our life is short, we know nothing at all; we pass like shadows across the earth.

We learned our wisdom from gray-haired people--- those born before your father.

I told myself that you ought to speak, that you older men should share your wisdom.

blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth.

Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.

Heaven belongs to the LORD alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.