"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" (see Genesis 1:26).

 

The Lord is the King of kings and Lord...

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness (Genesis 1:26).

 

What greater honor could there possibly be than to be created in the image of God? Man is the crown of God's creation. Man is the one to most reflect His nature...

       Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind:

       cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.
 

       And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind,...

       And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

       And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day (Genesis 1:22-23).
 

 

The very...

       Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures,

       and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
 

       And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves,...