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The Sixth Day

Genesis 1:27

In 11 translations

BSB
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.Cited in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6
KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
WEB
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
ASV
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
LSV
And God creates the man in His image; in the image of God He created him, a male and a female He created them.
YLT
And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
DBY
And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.ElohimElohim
DRC
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
GNV
Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
JPS
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
LXXE
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐποιήσεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον· κατʼ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν· ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς.

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👤 God◆ Creation of all things

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Part of

  • Creation in six days God brings light into darkness, separates waters, reveals dry land and fills the world with plants, heavenly lights, animals and humans over…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  • Genesis 5:1–2This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
  • Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  • Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
  • Genesis 2:21–25So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman…
  • Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
  • Psalms 139:14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
  • Isaiah 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
  • Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:7–9A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
  • Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
  • Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
  • Colossians 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.

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