Gen 1:26-27, 5:1-2, 9:6, Jam 3:9 | HCSB | STEP | Then God said , “Let Us make man in Our image , according to Our likeness . They will rule the fish of the sea , the birds of the sky , the livestock , all the earth , and the creatures that crawl on the earth .”

‏ Genesis 1:26-27

26 Then God said, “Let Us ^a make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. ^b They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, ^{▼▼Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land} and the creatures that crawl ^{▼▼Lit scurry} on the earth.” ^e

27 So God created man in His own image;
He created him in the image of God;
He created them male and female. ^f

‏ Genesis 5:1-2

1 These are the family ^{▼▼Lit written family} records ^h of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, ^{▼▼Or Adam} He made him in the likeness of God; 2 He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man. ^{▼▼Or Adam}

‏ Genesis 9:6

6 Whoever sheds man’s blood,
his blood will be shed by man, ^k
for God made man in His image. ^l

‏ James 3:9

9 We praise our ^{▼▼Or praise the} Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it. ⁿ