Genesis 1:24-31

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²⁴And 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) ²⁵God 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)

²⁶Then 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.”

²⁷So 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)

²⁸God 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)”

²⁹Then 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) ³⁰And 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.

³¹God 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

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

Genesis 2:5-10

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⁵Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth^[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,^(A) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth^(B) and there was no one to work the ground, ⁶but streams^[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. ⁷Then the Lord God formed^(C) a man^[c]^(D) from the dust^(E) of the ground^(F) and breathed into his nostrils the breath^(G) of life,^(H) and the man became a living being.^(I)

⁸Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;^(J) and there he put the man he had formed. ⁹The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees^(K) that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life^(L) and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.^(M)

¹⁰A river^(N) watering the garden flowed from Eden;^(O) from there it was separated into four headwaters.

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Footnotes

Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
Genesis 2:6 Or mist
Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

Romans 5:12

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Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹²Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,^(A) and death through sin,^(B) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned^(C)—

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Romans 5:12 in all English translations

Genesis 4:1-2

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Cain and Abel

4 Adam^[a] made love to his wife^(A) Eve,^(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.^[b]^(C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth^[c] a man.” ²Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.^(D)