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Genesis 1:28
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Genesis 1:28
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28 God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.[a] Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth.(A)
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- 1:28 Fill the earth and subdue it: the object of the verb “subdue” may be not the earth as such but earth as the territory each nation must take for itself (chaps. 10–11), just as Israel will later do (see Nm 32:22, 29; Jos 18:1). The two divine commands define the basic tasks of the human race—to continue in existence through generation and to take possession of one’s God-given territory. The dual command would have had special meaning when Israel was in exile and deeply anxious about whether they would continue as a nation and return to their ancient territory. Have dominion: the whole human race is made in the “image” and “likeness” of God and has “dominion.” Comparable literature of the time used these words of kings rather than of human beings in general; human beings were invariably thought of as slaves of the gods created to provide menial service for the divine world. The royal language here does not, however, give human beings unlimited power, for kings in the Bible had limited dominion and were subject to prophetic critique.
Genesis 8:17
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Genesis 8:17
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17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you—all creatures, be they birds or animals or crawling things that crawl on the earth—and let them abound on the earth, and be fertile and multiply on it.(A)
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Genesis 8:17
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Genesis 8:17
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17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(A)
Genesis 9:2
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Genesis 9:2
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2 [a]Fear and dread of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon all the creatures that move about on the ground and all the fishes of the sea; into your power they are delivered.
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Genesis 9:2
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Genesis 9:2
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2 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(A)
James 3:7
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James 3:7
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7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species,
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James 3:7
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James 3:7
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7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,
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