The fruitful and multiplying refers to within the confines of stable relationships.

You mean within marriage - A ceremony performed by the Church requiring adherence to the religious practices of the Christian religion. So no vested interests there then!

The last thing on, 'no names,no pack drill's' mind when he's in the scullery, up to his elbows in dirty dishes and soapy suds,trying to impress little Ling in the lounge nibbling her after-eight, is the prospects of being fruitful and multiplying- more of a wham bam thank you mam he has in mind. And if he can make her male compatriots look piggish into the bargain, all the better.

"But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves" (Numbers 31: 18).

Gods advice to Moses on the spoils of war. That was after he'd advised them to slaughter all the women's husbands. It seems as though the wham bam/piggish idea isn't a new one.