Genesis 1:26

God said, “Let us make a 'adam ·human· in our image, after our likeness: and let them have authority + 1:26 Hebrew radah ·dominion, authority· is like unto a king and his kingdom leadership. The resources of the kingdom is in chavash ·subjection to· the king. The king is to govern wisely, not abusing the resources, but rather to use resources to grow the kingdom healthy and strong; the king takes responsibility for his kingdom. over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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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

25God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. + 1:25 Day 6a: God populates the earth with creatures that possess a nefesh chai ·soul living·. God creates various plants to populate the earth. God saw that it was good.

27God created man in his own likeness. + 1:27. Quoted in James 3:9 In God’s image he created him; zachar ·male· and n'keivah ·female· + 1:27. Quoted in Matt 19:4; Mark 10:6 he created them.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:22Adonai God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

Genesis 9:2The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.

Genesis 11:7Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not sh'ma ·hear understand obey· one another’s speech.”

Psalms 8:4what is man, that you think of him? 2 What is the son of man, that you care for him? 1

Psalms 100:3Know that Adonai, he is God. 2 It is he who has made us, and we are his. 2 We are his people, and the sheep 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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