The reader is introduced to this pinnacle of creation on day six in Genesis 1:26, when God declares, “Let us make humanity in our image, according to our likeness.” The verses that follow help provide a clearer description, albeit a brief one, of what it means to be made in God’s image. The Lord first commissions his creatures to rule as his vice regents over all creation (v. 26) and then blesses them to multiply and fill the earth in verse 28. The universal scope of chapter 1 presents humanity through