Genesis 1:26-31

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

²⁷So God created^(G) mankind^(H) in his own image,^(I)
in the image of God^(J) he created them;
male and female^(K) he created them.^(L)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(M) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(N) fill the earth^(O) and subdue it. Rule over^(P) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(Q)”

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.^(R) 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^(S) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(T)” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,^(U) and it was very good.^(V) And there was evening, and there was morning^(W)—the sixth day.

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

Genesis 3:16-19

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¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.^(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.^(B)”

¹⁷To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’^(C)

“Cursed^(D) is the ground^(E) because of you;
    through painful toil^(F) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.^(G)
¹⁸It will produce thorns and thistles^(H) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(I)
¹⁹By the sweat of your brow^(J)
    you will eat your food^(K)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(L)

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Genesis 3:15

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¹⁵And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[a]^(A) and hers;^(B)
he will crush^[b] your head,^(C)
    and you will strike his heel.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Or seed
Genesis 3:15 Or strike

Genesis 3:15 in all English translations

Hebrews 4:9-10

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⁹There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; ¹⁰for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,^[a]^(A) just as God did from his.^(B)

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