Genesis 1:27
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.
26 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.”
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.”
29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
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Compare
- BSB
- So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- KJV
- So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- WEB
- God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
- ASV
- And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- DARBY
- And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- BLB
- And God created the man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- ÅB
- Og Gud skapte mennesket i sitt bilde, i Guds bilde skapte han det; til mann og kvinne skapte han dem.
- OTB
- Så Gud formet mennesket i sitt eget bilde,
i Guds bilde skapte Han dem;
mann og kvinne skapte Han dem. - B1930
- Og Gud skapte mennesket i sitt billede, i Guds billede skapte han det; til mann og kvinne skapte han dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Short explanation
God created humankind in his image, male and female. The verse says that every human being has worth because God made them.
Context: The story of creation.
See also: Psalms 139:14, Genesis 2:7
The explanation was written by an AI and has not yet been reviewed by a person. All explanations
Cross references
Matthew 19:4
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Read in contextEphesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Read in contextGenesis 5:1–2
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 contextMark 10:6
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
Read in contextGenesis 2:21–25
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
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 139:14
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:7
everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
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