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It appears that the original mission of Man was to produce individuals capable of subduing the earth. (Gen. 1.28).
For that only purpose God gave Mankind "every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, on which is the fruit yielding seed; to you it shall be for food."(Gen. 1.29).

Later God dropped the "subdue" requirement, probably, because he decided that Man, in order to survive, would have to learn it anyway. Or, it is also possible, God simply gave up on Man's ability to accomplish the original purpose of creation.

Why did he want Man to subdue the earth?

And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that all the impulse of the thoughts of his heart was only evil ( cf Genesis, 22: "the man is become like one of us, knowing good and evil" ) continually.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.