was therefore a part of what it meant to be created in God’s image. To fulfill this destiny, Adam and Eve’s task was to become a family, have children, and increase in number. In Psalm 8, the psalmist reflects on the significance of God’s creation of the human being in the image of God. He refers to the same idea of the human beings as the ruler of creation: “You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the