Genesis 1:26
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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- BSB
- Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- KJV
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- WEB
- God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
- ASV
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- DARBY
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
- BLB
- And God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls upon the earth.”
- ÅB
- Og Gud sa: La oss gjøre mennesker i vårt bilde, etter vår lignelse, og de skal råde over fiskene i havet og over fuglene under himmelen og over feet og over all jorden og over alt kryp som rører seg på jorden.
- OTB
- Så sa Gud: "La oss lage mennesket i vårt bilde, i vår likhet, så de kan ha herredømme over fiskene i havet og fuglene under himmelen, over husdyrene og alle de ville dyrene, og over alle krypene som rører seg på jorden."
- B1930
- Og Gud sa: La oss gjøre mennesker i vårt billede, efter vår lignelse, og de skal råde over fiskene i havet og over fuglene under himmelen og over feet og over all jorden og over alt kryp som rører sig på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read in contextEphesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Read in contextPsalms 8:4–8
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Read in contextGenesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Read in contextGenesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Read in contextPsalms 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Read in contextGenesis 9:2–4
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
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