Genesis 1:27

And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him,—Male and female, created he, them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 in our image after our likeness—and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast—and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land.

28And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it,—and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,—I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.

Genesis 5:1This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him:

Genesis 9:6He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.

Psalms 139:14I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently!

Jeremiah 29:6Take ye wives and beget sons and daughters, And take wives, for your sons, and, your daughters, give ye to husbands, That they may bear sons and daughters,—And so become ye many there and do not become few;

Matthew 19:4And, he, answering, said—Did ye never read—He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them,—

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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