Genesis 1:24–28

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creaturesi according to their kinds:j the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.k 25 God made the wild animalsl according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.m And God saw that it was good.n

26 Then God said, “Let uso make mankindp in our image,q in our likeness,r so that they may rules 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.”

27 So God createdu mankindv in his own image,w

in the image of Godx he created them;

male and femaley he created them.z

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

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i	Ge 2:19
j	Ge 1:11
k	Ge 1:7
l	Ge 7:21–22 Je 27:5
m	Ge 1:11
n	Ge 1:4
o	Ge 3:5 Ge 3:22 Ge 11:7 Ps 100:3 Is 6:8
p	Is 45:18
q	Ge 1:27 Ge 5:3 Ge 9:6 Ps 8:5 Ps 82:6 Ps 89:6 1 Co 11:7 2 Co 4:4 Col 1:15 Col 3:10 Jas 3:9
r	Ac 17:28–29
s	Ge 9:2 Ps 8:6–8
t	Ps 8:8
a	Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth
u	Ge 1:1
v	Ge 2:7 Ps 103:14 Ps 119:73
w	Ge 1:26
x	Ge 5:1
y	Ge 5:2 Mt 19:4 Mk 10:6 Ga 3:28
z	Dt 4:32
a	Ge 33:5 Jos 24:3 Ps 113:9 Ps 127:3 Ps 127:5
b	Ge 17:6
c	Ge 1:22 Ge 6:1 Ac 17:26
d	Ge 1:26 Ps 115:16
e	Ps 8:6–8