26 Then God said, "*1:26 I.e., indicating united action, not a requestLet Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and *1:26 I.e., have them rulelet them 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." 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that *1:28 Or crawlsmoves on the earth."