26 Then God said, “Let Us(A) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.(B) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth,[a] and the creatures that crawl[b] on the earth.”(C)

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land
  2. Genesis 1:26 Lit scurry

26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make mankind(B) in our image,(C) in our likeness,(D) so that they may rule(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

16 The heavens are the Lord’s,[a]
but the earth He has given to the human race.(A)

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  1. Psalm 115:16 Lit Lord’s heavens

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(A)
    but the earth he has given(B) to mankind.

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