Genesis 1:24-31

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²⁴And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(A) according to their kinds:^(B) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^(C) ²⁵God made the wild animals^(D) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(E) And God saw that it was good.^(F)

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^(G) make mankind^(H) in our image,^(I) in our likeness,^(J) so that they may rule^(K) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(L) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^(M) mankind^(N) in his own image,^(O)
in the image of God^(P) he created them;
male and female^(Q) he created them.^(R)

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^(S) “Be fruitful and increase in number;^(T) fill the earth^(U) and subdue it. Rule over^(V) the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^(W)”

²⁹Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.^(X) ³⁰And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life^(Y) in it—I give every green plant for food.^(Z)” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,^(AA) and it was very good.^(AB) And there was evening, and there was morning^(AC)—the sixth day.

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