²⁶Then God said, “Let ^aUs make ^bman in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have ^cdominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ¹sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁷And God created man ^ain His own image, in the image of God He created him; ^bmale and female He created them.

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Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Footnotes

1Lit heavens

Cross references

a Gen 3:22; 11:7
b Gen 5:1; 9:6; 1 Cor 11:7; Eph 4:24; James 3:9
c Ps 8:6–8
a Gen 5:1f; 1 Cor 11:7; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10
b Matt 19:4; Mark 10:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created mankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

So God created man in his own image;

he created him in the image of God;

he created them male and female.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”

So God created human beings in his own image.

In the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth.” So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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