²⁶ Then God said, “Let Us^(A) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.^(B) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth,^[a] and the creatures that crawl^[b] on the earth.”^(C)

²⁸ God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,^(E) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls^[c] on the earth.” ²⁹ God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you,^{(F) 30} for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it. I have given every green plant for food.”^(G) And it was so. ³¹ God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.^(H) Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.