18 Charis,

The first man and woman certainly were not going to “fill the earth” so God’s commission in Genesis 1 must go forward to the rest of us.

This was the original command to Adam and Eve and it is their descendants who will ultimately fill the earth. I do not believe that the command is demanded from each one of us individually.

So, are you and Cheryl claiming that a woman who never has children has disobeyed God’s command in Genesis 1? Or is that null and void nowadays now that the earth is pretty full?

My answer would be the same as my answer above.

Were only the early women “required” to give birth or else be in disobedience to a command of God? What happened to the women who were infertile or never married?

I don’t think they saw it as an individual “requirement” but a blessing from God. Those who were infertile or never married could still be seen as obedient to God in the areas that He called them in. But marrying and having children was certainly seen as the “norm”. Paul did speak to this when he said that being single was also a blessing because it gave one more time to spend serving God alone.