lGenesis 1:28 (NIV) God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air
and over every living creature that moves on the
ground."
lPsalm 8:5-8 (NIV) You made him [Adam] a little lower than the heavenly
beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You
made him ruler over the works of your hands; you
put everything under his feet: 7 all flocks and
herds, and the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the
air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the
seas.