Genesis explains that God gave us a special degree of power over nature itself. Thus, we would have the ability to manipulate our environment unique to human beings. However, just like animals we are all made the same as any other creature, the first human was made of "dust from the ground" (Genesis 2:7). Rather the only thing that separates us from other creatures is that God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Thus we are separated from the rest of the world, but at the same time we are made of the same base materials as other beings. Genesis's basic point is that human beings are very different from the rest of creation in our higher ability for thought. God made us to have fellowship with Him, and therefore we were created in order to ultimately be able to sit within his presence....

This is the fundamental difference between humans and animals that God has created us in order to live within his domain and share in his fellowship.
The Hebrew concept of human nature accurately describes our human approach to thought and rationalization, as well as our dominion over the Earth. First, human beings have used their ability to rationalize to conceive not only all of the wonders of this world, but historically attempted to understand the nature of God and religion. This is precisely what Genesis explains why we were given the power to rationalize. At the same time, Genesis asserts that human beings will have dominion over all other creatures, and this has been evidenced by our dominance of the Earth and ability to manipulate almost all aspects…