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Text -- Genesis 1:26-31 (NET)
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1:26 Then God said , “Let us make humankind in our image , after our likeness , so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air , over the cattle , and over all the earth , and over all the creatures that move on the earth .”
1:27 God created humankind in his own image , in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply ! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground .”
1:29 Then God said , “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food .
1:30 And to all the animals of the earth , and to every bird of the air , and to all the creatures that move on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food .” It was so .
1:31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good ! There was evening , and there was morning , the sixth day .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Creation |
Adam |
HEAVENS, NEW (AND EARTH, NEW) |
GOD, 2 |
GENESIS, 4 |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
ISAAC |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
God |
WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Miracles |
JACOB (1) |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
DISCREPANCIES, BIBLICAL |
Birds |
Image |
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NET Notes: Gen 1:27 The distinction of “humankind” as “male” and “female” is another point of separation in God’s creation. Ther...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:28 The several imperatives addressed to both males and females together (plural imperative forms) actually form two commands: reproduce and rule. GodR...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:29 G. J. Wenham (Genesis [WBC], 1:34) points out that there is nothing in the passage that prohibits the man and the woman from eating meat. He suggests ...
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NET Notes: Gen 1:30 The phrase “I give” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
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