Genesis 1:26

Gen 1 |

26 Then God said, o “Let us make man [1] in our image, p after our likeness. And q let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 9:2

| Gen 9 |

2 r The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.

Psalm 8:6-8

| Ps 8 |

 6 You have given him e dominion over the works of your hands;
f you have put all things under his feet,
 7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

James 3:7

| Jas 3 |

7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,

Translation Notes

[1] 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

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