Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to r…”

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

World English Bible

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

American Standard Version

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Furthermore God said, Let vs make man in our image according to our likenes, and let them rule ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the heauen, and ouer the beastes, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery thing that creepeth and moueth on the earth.

Darby Translation

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation

And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

Bible in Basic English

And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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Cross references

“Let us”

Genesis 3:22 Psalm 100:3 Isaiah 64:8 John 14:23 1 John 5:7 Psalm 149:2

Genesis 3:22 · BSB

Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

Psalm 100:3 · BSB

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Isaiah 64:8 · BSB

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

John 14:23 · BSB

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

1 John 5:7 · BSB

For there are three that testify:

Psalm 149:2 · BSB

Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

“in our”

Colossians 3:10 Ephesians 4:24 Genesis 5:1 2 Corinthians 3:18 Colossians 1:15 2 Corinthians 4:4

Colossians 3:10 · BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Ephesians 4:24 · BSB

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Genesis 5:1 · BSB

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

2 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Colossians 1:15 · BSB

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

2 Corinthians 4:4 · BSB

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

“have dominion”

Psalm 8:4–8 Hebrews 2:6–9 Psalm 104:20–24 James 3:7 Jeremiah 27:6 Job 5:23

Psalm 8:4–8 · BSB

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Hebrews 2:6–9 · BSB

But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Psalm 104:20–24 · BSB

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

James 3:7 · BSB

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

Jeremiah 27:6 · BSB

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

Job 5:23 · BSB

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

Also

Isaiah 6:8

Isaiah 6:8 · BSB

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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