Genesis 1:26 meaning and explanation
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Genesis 1:26, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
God speaks here for the first time in the chapter, announcing a decision, and the plural "Us" and "Our" have long drawn attention. The Hebrew word for man is adam, a collective term for humanity, and image (tselem) in the ancient world often meant a statue a king set up to represent his rule.
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