“they”: “Let us make humankind in our image as our likeness, that they may rule” (v. 26). The Gen 2–4 account uses singular verbs and pronouns for the man and the woman, as if they were individuals. The canon of Scripture overall develops it this way too, beginning with Gen 5:1–3 and following it all the way through Scripture with important historical and theological implications (see, e.g., 1 Chr 1:1; Luke 4:38; Rom 5:14). Yes, there was an original Adam and Eve, who were the progenitors of the