to each other and God. The two passages use different images and metaphors because they focus on different aspects of what it means to be human. In Genesis 1:26–28 God creates humankind in his image, in his likeness. Note that the words image and likeness make the same point. Though God is the infinite Creator and humans are merely part of God’s finite creation, there is something fundamentally similar between them. The image metaphor draws our attention to the striking similarity between humans