Genesis 1:24–30

²⁴Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. ²⁵So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^p make man in^B our image, according to our likeness.^q They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl^C on the earth.”^r

²⁷So God created man in his own image;

he created him in the image of God;

he created them male and female.^s

²⁸God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,^t and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” ²⁹God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,^{u 30}for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it—I have given^D every green plant for food.”^v And it was so.