Genesis 1:25-27

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²⁵So God made every kind of animal. He made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling things. And God saw that this was good.

²⁶Then God said, “Now let’s make humans^[a] who will be like us.^[b] They will rule over all the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. They will rule over all the large animals and all the little things that crawl on the earth.”

²⁷So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself.^[c] He created them male and female.

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Footnotes

Genesis 1:26 humans The Hebrew word means “man,” “people,” or the name “Adam.” It is like the word meaning “earth” or “red clay.”
Genesis 1:26 Now let’s make … like us Or “Now let’s make humans in our image and in our likeness.”
Genesis 1:27 So God created humans … himself Or “So God created them in his image. In the image of God he created them.” Compare Gen. 5:1, 3.