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NASB | Genesis 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth." |
Bible Question:
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Is an Un-subdued Earth Good? Note: I’m not asking about our fallen earth, the earth as it is now, but the earth as it was prior to the fall. 1. Does the command to subdue the earth imply that the earth required subduing, that is, was the earth untamed? 2. When God planted the garden and put man in it, was the garden the only subdued place on the earth, the rest of the earth remaining untamed until man multiplied and filled it? 3. If the earth required subduing and, realizing that until man “multiplied and filled” a hitherto unoccupied part of the earth that it would remain untamed, then if the earth as God created was good, then is an un-subdued earth good? Please support your answer with logic and/or Scripture. |
Bible Answer: Sometimes we need to breakdown the word usage in order to understand what the Lord is requesting. To subdue means to conquer subjugate or vanquish. An additional meaning to bring under cultivation. I believe to subdue the land means to bring life to it to nuture and bring order and growth. We use the phrase be fruitful and mutiply in the wrong text in most cases it is used when referencing children. But was not talking about just the family he was talking about creating a land and building a nation. |