Made in God's Image
Genesis names God as the one who creates and calls the human creature made in God's image. The verse says this twice, slowing us down where we might be tempted to hurry on. We are not asked here to pr
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Genesis 1:26–28: Devotionals and Reflections
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion 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 creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 1:26–28 places this verse between God's stated intention to make humankind in his image and his blessing and charge concerning living creatures.
Devotionals connected to this passage
A Pause for Thanks
The psalmist begins with thanks, not with a claim of having earned a place in the world. His attention rests on God’s work in making him. His gratitude is personal: it is his own life he is considerin
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