Genesis 1:26-28

New International Version

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(A) make mankind^(B) in our image,^(C) in our likeness,^(D) so that they may rule^(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(G) mankind^(H) in his own image,^(I)
in the image of God^(J) he created them;
male and female^(K) he created them.^(L)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(M) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(N) fill the earth^(O) and subdue it. Rule over^(P) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(Q)”

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Footnotes

Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

Psalm 8:4-8

New International Version

⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?^[a]^(A)

⁵You have made them^[b] a little lower than the angels^[c]^(B)
    and crowned them^[d] with glory and honor.^(C)
⁶You made them rulers^(D) over the works of your hands;^(E)
    you put everything under their^[e] feet:^(F)
⁷all flocks and herds,^(G)
    and the animals of the wild,^(H)
⁸the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(I)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

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Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:5 Or than God
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his