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Genesis 1:26-28

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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.”

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

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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Verse 26

Cross-references

Colossians 3:10 Classic cross-references Ephesians 4:24 Classic cross-references Psalms 139:14 Classic cross-references Psalms 8:4 Classic cross-references Genesis 3:22 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Let Us make נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural man אָדָ֛ם H120 Noun - masculine singular in Our image בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ H6754 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural after Our likeness כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ H1823 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural to rule וְיִרְדּוּ֩ H7287 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural over the fish בִדְגַ֨ת H1710 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of the sea הַיָּ֜ם H3220 Article | Noun - masculine singular and the birds וּבְע֣וֹף H5775 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the air הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural over the livestock וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ H929 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular and over all וּבְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the earth itself הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and every וּבְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct creature הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ H7431 Article | Noun - masculine singular that crawls הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ H7430 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular upon עַל־ H5921 Preposition [it] הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

MT; Syriac and over all the beasts of the earth

Verse 27

Cross-references

Matthew 19:4 Classic cross-references Ephesians 2:10 Classic cross-references Genesis 5:1 Classic cross-references Genesis 2:21 Classic cross-references Mark 10:6 Classic cross-references

Original words

So God אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀ H430 Noun - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker created וַיִּבְרָ֨א H1254 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular man הָֽאָדָם֙ H120 Article | Noun - masculine singular in His [own] image בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ H6754 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular in the image בְּצֶ֥לֶם H6754 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural He created בָּרָ֣א H1254 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular him אֹת֑וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular male זָכָ֥ר H2145 Noun - masculine singular and female וּנְקֵבָ֖ה H5347 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular He created בָּרָ֥א H1254 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular them אֹתָֽם׃ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

Cited in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6

Verse 28

Cross-references

Genesis 9:1 Classic cross-references Genesis 9:7 Classic cross-references Leviticus 26:9 Classic cross-references Psalms 8:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 128:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

God אֱלֹהִים֒ H430 Noun - masculine plural blessed וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ H1288 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them אֹתָם֮ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural and אֱלֹהִ֗ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to them לָהֶ֜ם Preposition | third person masculine plural Be fruitful פְּר֥וּ H6509 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and multiply וּרְב֛וּ H7235 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and fill וּמִלְא֥וּ H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the earth הָאָ֖רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and subdue it וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ H3533 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singular rule וּרְד֞וּ H7287 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural over the fish בִּדְגַ֤ת H1710 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of the sea הַיָּם֙ H3220 Article | Noun - masculine singular and the birds וּבְע֣וֹף H5775 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the air הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural and every וּבְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct creature חַיָּ֖ה H2416 Noun - feminine singular that crawls הָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת H7430 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular upon עַל־ H5921 Preposition the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular

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