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Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he…

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Genesis 1:27 · KJV

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25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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Verse explanation

Here man and woman are created at the same time, together, as part of the same act of creation. That’s different from the account told in chapter 2, where the woman appears later, formed from the man. These are two creation narratives, with different focuses, telling the same story from different angles without being copies of one another.

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