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26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Passage themes

God takes counsel — Let us make
Like the Creator — in our image, after our likeness
Ruling over creatures — let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air

Notes and references

Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

Events in this chapter

1.1 — Création monde, homme et femme

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Des milliers d'années en 50 chapitres La Genèse couvre plus de temps que tout le reste de la Bible réuni : de la création du monde jusqu'à l'installation en Égypte. Aucun autre livre biblique ne parcourt autant d'histoire en si peu de pages.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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