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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 9:2
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the fear or you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, etc.] This is a renewal, at least in part, of the grant of dominion to Adam over all the creatures; these obeyed him cheerfully, and from love, but sinning, he in a good measure lost his power over them, they rebelled against him; but now though the charter of power over them is renewed, they do not serve man freely, but are in dread of him, and flee from him; some are more easily brought into subjection to him, and even the fiercest and wildest of them may be tamed by him; and this power over them was the more easily retrieved in all probability by Noah and his sons, from the inhabitation of the creatures with them for so long a time in the ark: and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; as appears by fowls flying away, by beasts and creeping things getting off as fast as they can, and by fishes swimming away at the sight of men: into your hand are they delivered; as the lords and proprietors of them, for their use and service, and particularly for what follows, (see <190806>Psalm 8:68) where there is an enumeration of the creatures subject to men.
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