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Genesis 9:2

Listen to Genesis 9:2
2 En uw vrees, en uw verschrikking zij over al het gedierte der aarde, en over al het gevogelte des hemels; in al wat zich op den aardbodem roert, en in alle vissen der zee; zij zijn in uw hand overgegeven.

Genesis 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:2

And the fear or you, and the dread of you, shall be upon
every beast of the earth
This is a renewal, at least in part, of the grant of dominion to Adam over all the creatures; these obeyed him cheerfully, and from love, but sinning, he in a good measure lost his power over them, they rebelled against him; but now though the charter of power over them is renewed, they do not serve man freely, but are in dread of him, and flee from him; some are more easily brought into subjection to him, and even the fiercest and wildest of them may be tamed by him; and this power over them was the more easily retrieved in all probability by Noah and his sons, from the inhabitation of the creatures with them for so long a time in the ark:

and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea;
as appears by fowls flying away, by beasts and creeping things getting off as fast as they can, and by fishes swimming away at the sight of men:

into your hand are they delivered;
as the lords and proprietors of them, for their use and service, and particularly for what follows, see ( Psalms 8:6-8 ) where there is an enumeration of the creatures subject to men.

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Genesis 9:2 In-Context

1 En God zegende Noach en zijn zonen, en Hij zeide tot hen: Zijt vruchtbaar en vermenigvuldigt, en vervult de aarde!
2 En uw vrees, en uw verschrikking zij over al het gedierte der aarde, en over al het gevogelte des hemels; in al wat zich op den aardbodem roert, en in alle vissen der zee; zij zijn in uw hand overgegeven.
3 Al wat zich roert, dat levend is, zij u tot spijze; Ik heb het u al gegeven, gelijk het groene kruid.
4 Doch het vlees met zijn ziel, dat is zijn bloed, zult gij niet eten.
5 En voorwaar, Ik zal uw bloed, het bloed uwer zielen eisen; van de hand van alle gedierte zal Ik het eisen; ook van de hand des mensen, van de hand eens iegelijken zijns broeders zal Ik de ziel des mensen eisen.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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