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Re: dominion over all things great and small - it's interesting that this seems clearly to be how this line ought to be interpreted now, but that it has been read in the opposite way for much of history. The idea of Stewardship in the context of Christianity is relatively new, and this same line was often interpreted as "all this splendor is made for us to use as we please". Also, interesting to see the idea of Adam as "master" (Gen 1:26) of all living things and the reading that Eve becomes just one more thing to master in the Fall.