Genesis 1:25-27

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.

²⁷And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

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Genesis 1:25-27

New International Version

²⁵God made the wild animals^(A) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(B) And God saw that it was good.^(C)

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