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Genesis 1:27

And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

In Context

26And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

28And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.

Genesis 5:1This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:

Genesis 9:6He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.

Psalms 139:14Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: 1 The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Jeremiah 29:6How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:27-29

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have… Read the whole commentary →

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