Genesis 1:25-27
Lexham English Bible
25 So[a] God made wild animals[b] according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its[c] kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, “Let us make humankind in[d] our image and according to[e] our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven,[f] and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth.” 27 So[g] God created humankind in[h] his image, in[i] the likeness of God he created him,[j] male and female he created them.
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- Genesis 1:25 Or “And”
- Genesis 1:25 Literally “animals of the earth/land”
- Genesis 1:25 Or “their”
- Genesis 1:26 Or “as”
- Genesis 1:26 Or “as”
- Genesis 1:26 Or “the sky”
- Genesis 1:27 Or “And”
- Genesis 1:27 Or “as”
- Genesis 1:27 Or “as”
- Genesis 1:27 Or “it” collective: humankind
Genesis 1:25-27
New International Version
25 God 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)
26 Then 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.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
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