Genesis 1:27

So 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 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

28And G-d blessed them, and G-d said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And Hashem Elohim said, It is not tov that the adam should be alone; I will make him an ezer (a helper) suitable for him.

Genesis 5:1This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him;

Genesis 9:6Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth manʼs blood), 1 by man shall his dahm be shed; 1 for in the tzelem Elohim 1 made He man.

Psalms 139:14I will praise Thee; 1 for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 1 marvellous are Thy ma'asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well. 1

Jeremiah 29:6Take ye nashim, and father banim and banot; and take nashim for your banim, and give your banot to anashim, that they may bear banim and banot; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Matthew 19:4But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, Have you not read that HaBoreh (The Creator, Yotzer) bereshis (in the beginning) created them zachar (male) and nekevah (female)? + 19:4 Gn 1:27; 5:2

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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