And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it;

       and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
 

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And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27).

 

Man was originally created male and female. After the woman was taken from man, it would take both the man and the woman, in...

       "and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth,  and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth" (see Genesis 1:26).

 

The Lord is the King of kings and Lord...

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness (Genesis 1:26).

 

What greater honor could there possibly be than to be created in the image of God? Man is the crown of God's creation. Man is the one to most reflect His nature...

       Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind:

       cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.
 

       And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind,...