Genesis 9:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Ver. 2. And the fear of you, &c.] Timor, quo a bestiis timeamini, et terror quo bestias terreatis .(Piscat.) This is a piece of God's image yet remaining to man, that every nature of wild beasts, birds, creeping things, and things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed of the nature of man. James 3:7 , marg. a

a Monoceros interimi potest, capi non potest. - Solin.

Genesis 9:2

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.