Genesis 1:26-28
“26 God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.””
This passage comes from the very beginning of the Bible, in the book of Genesis, which tells the story of creation. It describes the climax of God's creative work: the making of humanity, male and female, and their assigned role in the world.
What responsibilities does this passage suggest come with humanity's unique place in creation?