St. Claude la Colombière. "... great was man's wickedness on earth"

...you alone have I found to be just on earth.

-- Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10

From the very beginning God blessed all living beings, especially man and woman. The covenant with Noah and with all living things renewed this blessing of fruitfulness despite man's sin which had brought a curse on the ground.

-- CCC 1080