Genesis 1:28

New International Version

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(A) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(B) fill the earth^(C) and subdue it. Rule over^(D) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(E)”

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Genesis 2:19

New International Version

¹⁹Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals^(A) and all the birds in the sky.^(B) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called^(C) each living creature,^(D) that was its name.

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Genesis 2:19 in all English translations

Genesis 2:20

New International Version

²⁰So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam^[a] no suitable helper^(A) was found.

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Genesis 2:20 Or the man

Genesis 2:20 in all English translations

Psalm 8:6-8

New International Version

⁶You made them rulers^(A) over the works of your hands;^(B)
    you put everything under their^[a] feet:^(C)
⁷all flocks and herds,^(D)
    and the animals of the wild,^(E)
⁸the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(F)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.