Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.

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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

26God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” + 1:26 Some ancient copies have: ... Over the livestock, over all the animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth .

28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 5:1This is the record of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created mankind, he made them in his own likeness.

Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, 1 for it was in the image of God that he made man.

Psalms 139:14I will praise you, 1 for I am wonderfully made. 1 My soul knows this very well. 1

Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there so you do not become too few.

Matthew 19:4Jesus answered and said, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?

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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