Genesis 1:26

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²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(A) make mankind^(B) in our image,^(C) in our likeness,^(D) so that they may rule^(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

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Genesis 1:28

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²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(A) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(B) fill the earth^(C) and subdue it. Rule over^(D) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(E)”

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Genesis 9:2

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²The 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)

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Genesis 9:3

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³Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.^(A) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.^(B)

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Psalm 8:5-8

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⁵You have made them^[a] a little lower than the angels^[b]^(A)
    and crowned them^[c] with glory and honor.^(B)
⁶You made them rulers^(C) over the works of your hands;^(D)
    you put everything under their^[d] feet:^(E)
⁷all flocks and herds,^(F)
    and the animals of the wild,^(G)
⁸the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(H)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

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Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:5 Or than God
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

Jeremiah 27:6

New International Version

⁶Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.^(C)

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Daniel 2:38

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³⁸in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.^(A) You are that head of gold.

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Daniel 2:38

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³⁸in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.^(A) You are that head of gold.

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