26 Then God said, *ch. 3:22;11:7;Isa. 6:8"Let us make man*1:26 The Hebrew word for man(adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam in our image, *ch. 5:1;9:6;1 Cor. 11:7;Eph. 4:24;Col. 3:10;James 3:9after our likeness. And *ch. 9:2;Ps. 8:6-8;James 3:7let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

*ch. 2:18,21-23;5:2;Mal. 2:15;Matt. 19:4;Mark 10:6male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, *ch. 9:1,7"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."