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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." |
Subject: Christian Ecology |
Bible Note: If Fennis Dake had consulted his dictionary, he would have learned that the first definition of "replenish" is "to fill with persons and animals" and that the second definition is "to fill or build up again." [Merriam-Webster: Collegiate Dictionary] The KJV uses 'replenish' in Gen. 1:28 but modern versions generally use the word 'fill.' In today's usage, replenish, although still defined to mean both 'to fill' and 'to refill' is commonly used in the second sense, i.e., to refill; hence, modern translations, in an effort to avoid ambiguity avoid replenish, preferring instead the clearer and simpler word 'fill.' It's astounding how an outlandish theory of a pre-Adamic race hinges in large measure on the ignorance of the definition of the one word 'replenish.' But this is by no means the only far-out interpretative limb on which Dake ventures. --Hank |