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Genesis 1:26-28

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

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26Then 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.”

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

28God 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

Original words

Then Godאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularLet Us makeנַֽעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common pluralmanאָדָ֛םH120Noun - masculine singularin Our imageבְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּH6754Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common pluralafter Our likenessכִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּH1823Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralto ruleוְיִרְדּוּ֩H7287Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralover the fishבִדְגַ֨תH1710Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof the seaהַיָּ֜םH3220Article | Noun - masculine singularand the birdsוּבְע֣וֹףH5775Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the airהַשָּׁמַ֗יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluralover the livestockוּבַבְּהֵמָה֙H929Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularand over allוּבְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe earth itselfהָאָ֔רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularand everyוּבְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructcreatureהָרֶ֖מֶשׂH7431Article | Noun - masculine singularthat crawlsהָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂH7430Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularuponעַל־H5921Preposition[it]הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • MT; Syriac and over all the beasts of the earth
Verse 27

Original words

So Godאֱלֹהִ֤ים׀H430Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markercreatedוַיִּבְרָ֨אH1254Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularmanהָֽאָדָם֙H120Article | Noun - masculine singularin His [own] imageבְּצַלְמ֔וֹH6754Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularin the imageבְּצֶ֥לֶםH6754Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Godאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralHe createdבָּרָ֣אH1254Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularhimאֹת֑וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularmaleזָכָ֥רH2145Noun - masculine singularand femaleוּנְקֵבָ֖הH5347Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularHe createdבָּרָ֥אH1254Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthemאֹתָֽם׃H853Direct object marker | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • Cited in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6
Verse 28

Original words

Godאֱלֹהִים֒H430Noun - masculine pluralblessedוַיְבָ֣רֶךְH1288Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthemאֹתָם֮H853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralandאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto themלָהֶ֜םPreposition | third person masculine pluralBe fruitfulפְּר֥וּH6509Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland multiplyוּרְב֛וּH7235Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland fillוּמִלְא֥וּH4390Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe earthהָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularand subdue itוְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָH3533Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person feminine singularruleוּרְד֞וּH7287Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralover the fishבִּדְגַ֤תH1710Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof the seaהַיָּם֙H3220Article | Noun - masculine singularand the birdsוּבְע֣וֹףH5775Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the airהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluraland everyוּבְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructcreatureחַיָּ֖הH2416Noun - feminine singularthat crawlsהָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂתH7430Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularuponעַל־H5921Prepositionthe earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singular

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