Genesis 1:26–31

²⁶Then God said, “Let us^o make mankind^p in our image,^q in our likeness,^r so that they may rule^s over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^t over the livestock and all the wild animals,^a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷So God created^u mankind^v in his own image,^w

in the image of God^x he created them;

male and female^y he created them.^z

²⁸God blessed them and said to them,^a “Be fruitful and increase in number;^b fill the earth^c and subdue it. Rule over^d the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.^e”

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.^{f 30}And 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^g in it—I give every green plant for food.^h” And it was so.

³¹God saw all that he had made,ⁱ and it was very good.^j And there was evening, and there was morning^k—the sixth day.