Active Directive

And God said, “Let us make a human in our image, by our likeness, to hold sway over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the heavens and the cattle and the wild beasts and all the crawling things that crawl upon the earth.  Genesis 1:26  Robert Alter Hold sway – Most of…

Part of the Picture

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; 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.” Genesis 1:26-27 NASB Rule– There are two important verbs that are…

Master and Commander

“ . . . and let them have dominion over . . .”  Genesis 1:26  ESV Dominion – “There is no dignity without responsibility.”[1]  Apparently the modern world doesn’t agree with Soloveitchik.  It seems as if the governments of the West think that all that is necessary for men to live is to be provided…