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)

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

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,(E) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls[c] on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land
  2. Genesis 1:26 Lit scurry
  3. Genesis 1:28 Lit and all scurrying animals that scurry

God’s Covenant with Noah

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.(A) The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.[a] Every living creature will be food for you;(B) as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.(C) However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.(D) I will require the life of every animal(E) and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man’s brother for a man’s life.(F)

Whoever sheds man’s blood,
his blood will be shed by man,(G)
for God made man in His image.(H)

But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:2 Lit are given in your hand

11 God also said to him:

I am God Almighty.(A)
Be fruitful and multiply.(B)
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,(C)
and kings will descend from you.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:11 Lit will come from your loins

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