1:26 上帝說:「我們要照著我們的形像、按著我們的樣式造人,使他們管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥、地上的牲畜,和全地,並地上所爬的一切昆蟲。」
1:27 上帝就照著自己的形像造人,乃是照著他的形像造男造女。
1:28 上帝就賜福給他們,又對他們說:「要生養眾多,遍滿地面,治理這地,也要管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥,和地上各樣行動的活物。」
1:29 上帝說:「看哪,我將遍地上一切結種子的菜蔬和一切樹上所結有核的果子全賜給你們作食物。
1:30 至於地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥,並各樣爬在地上有生命的物,我將青草賜給牠們作食物。」事就這樣成了。
1:31 上帝看著一切所造的都甚好。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。
1:27 上帝就照著自己的形像造人,乃是照著他的形像造男造女。
1:28 上帝就賜福給他們,又對他們說:「要生養眾多,遍滿地面,治理這地,也要管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥,和地上各樣行動的活物。」
1:29 上帝說:「看哪,我將遍地上一切結種子的菜蔬和一切樹上所結有核的果子全賜給你們作食物。
1:30 至於地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥,並各樣爬在地上有生命的物,我將青草賜給牠們作食物。」事就這樣成了。
1:31 上帝看著一切所造的都甚好。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,
so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over
the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move
along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the
birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of
the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be
yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds
in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has
the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was
evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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在這裡上帝特別提到人被造的任務:「要生養眾多,遍滿地面,治理這地,也要管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥,和地上各樣行動的活物」。這也就是說充滿上帝樣式和形像的人要充滿全地,使上帝的榮耀出滿在上帝所造的世界之中!
不僅如此,人還要代表上帝「管理」陸、海、空所有的動物,這裡的管理有「制服、支配」的意思。這是我們可以看見的,人類可以馴服動物,不管是用來工作、交通、表演、食用、…,許多動物都被用來為人效力!
因此,人要先順服在上帝手下,才能成為地球的王,管理萬物!
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