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27 So God created humans[a] in his image,
    in the image of God he created them;[b]
    male and female he created them.(A)

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  1. 1.27 Heb adam
  2. 1.27 Heb him

27 So God created(A) mankind(B) in his own image,(C)
    in the image of God(D) he created them;
    male and female(E) he created them.(F)

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He answered, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’(A)

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“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 19:4 Gen. 1:27

But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’(A)

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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a](A)

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  1. Mark 10:6 Gen. 1:27

24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.(A)

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24 and to put on(A) the new self,(B) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(C)

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10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we may walk in them.(A)

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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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Adam’s Descendants to Noah and His Sons

This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans,[a] he made them[b] in the likeness of God.(A) Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and called them humans[c] when they were created.(B)

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  1. 5.1 Heb adam
  2. 5.1 Heb him
  3. 5.2 Heb adam

From Adam to Noah

This is the written account(A) of Adam’s family line.(B)

When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.(C) He created them(D) male and female(E) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”[a] when they were created.

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  1. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
    Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.(A)

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14 I praise you(A) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,(B)
    I know that full well.

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15 Did God[a] not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.[b](A)

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  1. 2.15 Heb he
  2. 2.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain

15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.

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  1. Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.

21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.(A) 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
    for out of Man this one was taken.”(B)

24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.(C) 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.(D)

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21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) 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;(C)
she shall be called(D) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(E)

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

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

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  1. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  2. Genesis 2:22 Or part

For a man ought not to have his head veiled, since he is the image and reflection[a] of God, but woman is the reflection[b] of man.(A) Indeed, man was not made from woman but woman from man.(B) Neither was man created for the sake of woman but woman for the sake of man.(C)

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  1. 11.7 Or glory
  2. 11.7 Or glory

A man ought not to cover his head,[a] since he is the image(A) and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;(B) neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 11:7 Or Every man who prays or prophesies with long hair dishonors his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with no covering of hair dishonors her head—she is just like one of the “shorn women.” If a woman has no covering, let her be for now with short hair; but since it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair shorn or shaved, she should grow it again. A man ought not to have long hair

everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made.”(A)

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everyone who is called by my name,(A)
    whom I created(B) for my glory,(C)
    whom I formed and made.(D)

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The Supremacy of Christ

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,(A)

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The Supremacy of the Son of God

15 The Son is the image(A) of the invisible God,(B) the firstborn(C) over all creation.

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18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”(A)

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

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