Question:
Please explain Genesis 1:26. Was it to Adam that God gave this dominion?
Answer:
The man of verse 27 is the fulfilment of verse 26. The Hebrew word from which “man” is translated is ‘âdâm, the same as the name of the father of the race—Adam. Genesis 2:4-6 refers to a time previous to the creation of man. Genesis 2:7, 21, 22 are a detailed account of what is given in a brief way in Genesis 1:27. The American Revised Version has “man” in every instance in the second chapter where the common version has “Adam.” “Adam” was the name of our first father and of the human race (see Genesis 5:2); and to Adam and his descendants was the dominion given, which he lost by sin, but which will be restored through the second Adam—Christ Jesus (see 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45, 47).
