There are three categories of animal life which populate the dry ground—cattle, creeping things, and beasts of the earth. We'll look at these as principles which must be living realities in a courtship, before marriage begins. Without them, I fear that marriage relationships run a solemn risk of shipwreck and ruin.
Let's look at cattle as representing life that provides for and supports a marriage. Remember beloved young people, it is just as impossible for two people to live on love as it is for two to live together without love. Thus the future husband must possess the ability to financially support and care for the woman he plans to many.