Just Joined - Christian with Paleontolgy Background

Hello Jeff,
Welcome to the fray. Though you have said you do not fully embrace the view that "replenish" means to "refill", I have found an article that might provide some background on this at What does 'replenish the earth' mean? - creation.comAlso, calling one form of interpretation "restrictive" would not be really helpful in a debate about which interpretation is the correct one. You either correctly interpret the authors original intended meaning, or incorrectly. Calling an interpretation "restrictive" suggests that you prefer a more liberal approach to interpretation. This approach suggests that your concern is more for finding a politically correct/fit with modern times type interpretation, rather than finding the original intended meaning.