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The College Press NIV Commentary Series on the Old Testament is a multivolume work, providing clear exposition of each biblical book. This volume, The Old Testament Introduction, focuses on each individual book of the Old Testament and gives specifics on their authorship, date and purpose. The Old Testament Introduction provides an excellent starting point for any in-depth Bible book study or...

and is sovereign, so humankind is created in God’s image and given dominion over fish, cattle, the earth, and creepers (1:26). God created the universe by calling things into existence—“Let there be light and there was light.” This calling into existence had the effect of creating it and assigning its function in the world. So the image (man) is given dominion over these things by naming the animals (2:19). Man, by naming animals and woman, assigns them a function in the world. Adam did not say,
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