26 Then 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.”

27 So 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)

28 God 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)

29 Then 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) 30 And 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.

31 God saw all that he had made,(U) and it was very good.(V) And there was evening, and there was morning(W)—the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.(X)

By the seventh day(Y) God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.(Z) Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,(AA) because on it he rested(AB) from all the work of creating(AC) that he had done.

Adam and Eve

This is the account(AD) of the heavens and the earth when they were created,(AE) when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[b] and no plant had yet sprung up,(AF) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(AG) and there was no one to work the ground, but streams[c] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed(AH) a man[d](AI) from the dust(AJ) of the ground(AK) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(AL) of life,(AM) and the man became a living being.(AN)

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

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

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden(AY) to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;(AZ) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,(BA) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(BB)

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”(BC)

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(BD) and all the birds in the sky.(BE) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(BF) each living creature,(BG) that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam[g] no suitable helper(BH) was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(BI) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[h] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[i](BJ) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(BK)
she shall be called(BL) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(BM)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(BN) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(BO)

25 Adam and his wife were both naked,(BP) and they felt no shame.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
  2. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
  3. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
  4. 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).
  5. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls
  6. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia
  7. Genesis 2:20 Or the man
  8. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  9. Genesis 2:22 Or part

Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)
Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe(E) and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,(F)
    the work of your fingers,(G)
the moon and the stars,(H)
    which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[c](I)

You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e](J)
    and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.(K)
You made them rulers(L) over the works of your hands;(M)
    you put everything under their[g] feet:(N)
all flocks and herds,(O)
    and the animals of the wild,(P)
the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,(Q)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!(R)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
  4. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  5. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  6. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  7. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

But there is a place where someone(A) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(B)
You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor
    and put everything under their feet.”[b][c](C)

In putting everything under them,[d] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[e] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[f] But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(D) because he suffered death,(E) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while
  2. Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
  3. Hebrews 2:8 Or You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ and put everything under his feet.”
  4. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  5. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  6. Hebrews 2:8 Or him

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