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24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings[a] in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,[b] and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

27 So God created human beings[c] in his own image.
    In the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!

And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:26a Or man; Hebrew reads adam.
  2. 1:26b As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads all the earth.
  3. 1:27 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures(A) according to their kinds:(B) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.(C) 25 God made the wild animals(D) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.(E) And God saw that it was good.(F)

26 Then God said, “Let us(G) make mankind(H) in our image,(I) in our likeness,(J) so that they may rule(K) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(L) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created(M) mankind(N) in his own image,(O)
    in the image of God(P) he created them;
    male and female(Q) he created them.(R)

28 God blessed them and said to them,(S) “Be fruitful and increase in number;(T) fill the earth(U) and subdue it. Rule over(V) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.(W)

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.(X) 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(Y) in it—I give every green plant for food.(Z)” And it was so.

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

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Footnotes

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