Genesis 1:26

And G-d said, Let Us make man in Our tzelem, after Our demut: 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 ha'aretz (the earth). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25And G-d made the beast of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and G-d saw that it was tov.

27So G-d created humankind in His own tzelem, 1 in the tzelem Elohim (image of G-d) created He him; 1 zachar (male) and nekevah (female) created He them.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:22And Hashem Elohim said, See, HaAdam is become like one of Us, knowing tov v'rah; and now, lest he put forth his yad, and take also of HaEtz HaChayyim, and eat, and chai l'olam (live forever);

Genesis 9:2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of ha'aretz, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moveth upon ha'adamah, and upon all the dagim of the yam; into your yad are they delivered.

Genesis 11:7Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one anotherʼs language.

Job 35:10But none saith, Where is Eloah Osai (G-d my Maker), 1 Who giveth zemirot balailah (songs in the night); 1

Psalms 8:4When I consider Thy heavens, the ma'asim of Thy fingers, 1 the yarei'ach and the kokhavim, which Thou hast ordained; 1

Psalms 100:3Know ye that Hashem He is Elohim; 1 it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves, 1 His people, the tzon of His pasture. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:25-26

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. We have here the first part of the sixth day's work. The sea was, the day before, replenished with its fish, and the air with its fowl; and this day were… Read the whole commentary →

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