² Now the earth was formless and empty,^(A) darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.^(B)

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