Genesis 1:26-30

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²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(A) make mankind^(B) in our image,^(C) in our likeness,^(D) so that they may rule^(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(G) mankind^(H) in his own image,^(I)
in the image of God^(J) he created them;
male and female^(K) he created them.^(L)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(M) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(N) fill the earth^(O) and subdue it. Rule over^(P) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(Q)”

²⁹Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.^(R) ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life^(S) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(T)” And it was so.

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Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

Genesis 2:3-14

New International Version

³Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,^(A) because on it he rested^(B) from all the work of creating^(C) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

⁴This is the account^(D) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,^(E) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(F) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(G) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the Lord God formed^(H) a man^[c]^(I) from the dust^(J) of the ground^(K) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(L) of life,^(M) and the man became a living being.^(N)

⁸Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(O) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(P) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(Q) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(R)

¹⁰A river^(S) watering the garden flowed from Eden;^(T) from there it was separated into four headwaters. ¹¹The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,^(U) where there is gold. ¹²(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin^[d]^(V) and onyx are also there.) ¹³The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.^[e] ¹⁴The name of the third river is the Tigris;^(W) it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.^(X)

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Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:6 Or mist
Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).
Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia