Gen 1:26, 28, 2:22-23, 6:20, 9:2, Psa 8:4-8 | ESV | STEP | Then God said , Let us make man in our image , after our likeness . And 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 1:26

26 Then God said, ^a“Let us make man ^{▼▼The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam} in our image, ^cafter our likeness. And ^dlet 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 1:28

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, ^e“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 2:22-23

22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made ^{▼▼Hebrew built} into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is ^gbone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was ^htaken out of Man.” ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for woman (ishshah) and man (ish) sound alike}

Genesis 6:20

20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.

Genesis 9:2

2 ^jThe 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.

Psalms 8:4-8

4 ^kwhat is man that you are ^lmindful of him,
and ^mthe son of man that you ⁿcare for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than ^othe heavenly beings ^{▼▼Or than God; Septuagint than the angels}
and crowned him with ^qglory and honor.
6 You have given him ^rdominion over the works of your hands;
^syou 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.