Genesis 1:26-31 — TLB

Read Genesis 1:26-31 (The Living Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 1.26-31, Genesis 1v26-31, Gen. 1:26-31. Then God said, “Let us make a man —someone like ourselves, to be the master of all life upon the earth and in the skies and in the seas.” So God made man li…

26 Then God said, “Let us make a man —someone like ourselves, to be the master of all life upon the earth and in the skies and in the seas.”

27 So God made man like his Maker. Like God did God make man; Man and maid did he make them.

28 And God blessed them and told them, “Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it; you are masters of the fish and birds and all the animals.

29 And look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

30 And I’ve given all the grass and plants to the animals and birds for their food.”

31 Then God looked over all that he had made, and it was excellent in every way. This ended the sixth day.

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
Created in God's image — in his own image
The creation of the couple — male and female created he them
The blessing of fruitfulness — Be fruitful, and multiply
Filling the whole earth — replenish the earth
Mastering creation — subdue it
Dominion given to man — have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air
All belongs to the Creator — I have given you
God feeds his creatures — to you it shall be for meat
A perfect creation — behold, it was very good
The six days completed — And the evening and the morning were the sixth day

Notes and references

a man, literally, “men.” someone like ourselves, literally, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.”
This ended the sixth day, literally, “And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day (or ‘period of time’).”

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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

Genesis 1:26-31 — TLB | maBible

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