Day 4: I am Adam (3) – Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
QUESTIONS:
- Who was speaking in this passage?
- To whom was he speaking? So who was given this blessing?
- What does it mean to be blessed?
- What are the 5 things that they were blessed to do?
- Read Genesis 1:22. To whom is God speaking?
- What components of the blessing in Genesis 1:22 is similar to that in Genesis 1:28? What is different?
- Read Genesis 1:26. What component is similar to Genesis 1:28? What is different?
Use the key terms notes below to assist you with arriving at the answers to the questions above.
KEY TERMS:
- blessed – H1288 barak – (verb)
to invoke the divine favour,
to cause to prosper, to be abundant - be fruitful – H6509 parah – (verb)
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
bring forth (fruit)
(be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase - multiply – H7235 rabah – (verb)
to increase
(bring in) abundance
to be many, to be numerous - replenish – H4390 male’- (verb)
to fill or (intransitively) be full of;
to make full - subdue – H3533 kabash – (verb)
to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard;
positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate:—bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection. - have dominion – H7287 radah – (verb)
to tread down, i.e. subjugate;
specifically to prevail against, reign, make to rule over, dominate
to subdue or rule over
Day 1’s study identified the need to receive a revelation of who we are, not from man, but from God.
Day 2’s study identified man’s spiritual nature: to be like God.
Day 3’s study identified characteristics of man’s physical nature: male and female.
Day 4’s study will identify man’s purpose, role, or responsibility in the Earth.
Write 1-3 sentences explaining what you are blessed to do, and consequently, who you are meant to be, based on what you have discovered in this verse.