26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make man[a] in[b] our image, according to our likeness.(B) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl[c] on the earth.”(C)

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  1. 1:26 Or human beings; Hb ’adam, also in v. 27
  2. 1:26 Or as
  3. 1:26 Or scurry

26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make mankind(B) in our image,(C) in our likeness,(D) so that they may rule(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

11 Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?(A)
(But they were not gods!(B))
Yet my people have exchanged their[a] Glory
for useless idols.(C)

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  1. 2:11 Alt Hb tradition reads my

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods(A) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(B) God
    for worthless idols.

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