26 Then God said, “[a]Let (A)Us make (B)mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [b]let them (C)rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 I.e., indicating united action, not a request
  2. Genesis 1:26 I.e., have them rule

Descendants of Adam

This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day when God created man, He made him (A)in the likeness of God.

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(A)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (B)in the image of God
He made mankind.

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With it we bless (A)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, (B)who have been made in the likeness of God;

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