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27 God created mankind in his image;
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female[a] he created them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:27 Male and female: as God provided the plants with seeds (vv. 11, 12) and commanded the animals to be fertile and multiply (v. 22), so God gives sexuality to human beings as their means to continue in existence.

23 For God formed us to be imperishable;
    the image of his own nature he made us.(A)

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Chapter 17

Creation of Human Beings

The Lord created human beings from the earth,
    and makes them return to earth again.(A)

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With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings who are made in the likeness of God.

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