Gen 9:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2 : God gives Noah and his family power over all animals, birds, and fish. The animals will fear people, and God puts them “into your hand” ( v. 2 ). This repeats God’s earlier command to rule over creation, but now animals are ruled by fear, not by love. God protects people by making dangerous animals afraid of them, and He allows some animals to be used for work or food ( ch. i. 28; Ezek. xiv. 21 ; Jas. iii. 7 ).

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‏ Genesis 9:2

v. 2: God gives Noah and his family power over all animals, birds, and fish. The animals will fear people, and God puts them “into your hand” (v. 2 ^a). This repeats God’s earlier command to rule over creation, but now animals are ruled by fear, not by love. God protects people by making dangerous animals afraid of them, and He allows some animals to be used for work or food (ch. i. 28; Ezek. xiv. 21 ^b; Jas. iii. 7 ^c).