(יב) וּרְדוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם (בראשית א, כח), אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, אִם זָכָה רְדוּ, וְאִם לָאו יֵרְדוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב דִּכְפַר חָנִין, אֶת שֶׁהוּא בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ, וּרְדוּ. אֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ, יֵרְדוּ. רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב דְּמִן כְּפַר חָנָן אָמַר, יָבוֹא צַלְמֵנוּ וּדְמוּתֵנוּ, וְיִרְדֶּה לְשֶׁאֵינוֹ דּוֹמֶה לְצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ. נָן.
(12) “God blessed them and God said to them: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and dominate over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living creature that crawls upon the earth” (Genesis 1:28).
“And dominate over the fish of the sea” – Rabbi Ḥanina said: If they merit it, [they will] dominate [redu], but if not, they will fall [yeredu].42They will become victims to the predations of animals. Rabbi Yaakov of Kefar Ḥanin said: One who fulfills “in our image, in our likeness – “And dominate”; those who do not fulfill “in our image, in our likeness” – they will fall [yeredu]. Rabbi Yaakov of Kefar Ḥanan said: Let the one who is “in our image, in our likeness”43Man. come “and dominate” the one who does not resemble being “in our image, in our likeness.”44The animals.
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