Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 1:27
27So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
Genesis 1:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- New International Version (NIV)So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Context of Genesis 1:27
25So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. 28God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” 29God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,
Read all of Genesis 1Genesis 1:27 word by word
וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 1:27
- Psalms 139:14I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.
- Isaiah 43:7everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”
- Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
- Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.
- Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:21So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place.
- Genesis 5:2he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.
- Malachi 2:15Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking? Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his youth.
- Matthew 19:4“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female,
- Mark 10:6But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.
- 1 Corinthians 11:8For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.
Commentaries on Genesis 1:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-31Verses 24-31 - VIII. The Sixth Day 24. בהמה behēmâh “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.” רמשׂ remeś “creeping (small or low) animals.” חוּה chayâh “living thing; animal.” חוּת־חארץ chayatô -chā'ārets “wild beast.” 26. אדם 'ādām “man, mankind;” “be red.” A collective noun, having no plural number, and therefore denoting either an individual of the kind, or the kind or race itself. It is connected in etymology with אדמה 'ădāmâh “the red soil,” from which…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-28Verses 26-28 Man was made last of all the creatures: this was both an honour and a favour to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and while he is in the body, he inhabits the same earth with them. God forbid that by indulging the body, and the desires of it, we should make ourselves like the beasts that perish! Man was to be a creature different from all that had been hitherto made…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27The first poetry of Genesis celebrates God's ultimate achievement in creating humans. man: This term (Hebrew ha-’adam) often refers to all of humanity (see 6:1, 5–7; 9:5–6). Although traditionally translated as "man," it includes both male and female.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124. beasts of the earth--(2) wild animals, whose ravenous natures were then kept in check, and (3) all the various forms of creeping things--from the huge reptiles to the insignificant caterpillars.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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