Genesis 1:26-31

The Creation of the World

²⁶ Then God said, _o "Let us make man ₁ in our image, _p after our likeness. And _q let 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;
_r male and female he created them.

²⁸ And God blessed them. And God said to them, _s "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." ²⁹ And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. _t You shall have them for food. ³⁰ And _u to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. ³¹ _v And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

1. Cross References
   Genesis 3:22
   Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever -
   Genesis 11:7
   Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.
   Isaiah 6:8
   And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 5:1
   This is the book of the generations of Adam. Wh...
   Genesis 9:6
   Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall hi...
   1 Corinthians 11:7
   For a man ought not to cover his head, since he...
   Ephesians 4:24
   And to put on the new self, created after the l...
   Colossians 3:10
   And have put on the new self, which is being re...
   James 3:9
   With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with ...
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 9:2
   The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.
   Psalms 8:6 - 8
   You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet.
   James 3:7
   For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 2:18
   Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that th...
   Genesis 2:21 - 23
   So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upo...
   Genesis 5:2
   Male and female he created them, and he blessed...
   Malachi 2:15
   Did he not make them one, with a portion of the...
   Matthew 19:4
   He answered, "Have you not read that he who cre...
   Mark 10:6
   But from the beginning of creation, 'God made t...
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 9:1
   And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
   Genesis 9:7
   And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem on the earth and multiply in it.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 9:3
   Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
   Psalms 104:14 - 15
   You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
   Psalms 145:15 - 16
   The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 147:9
   He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
   
8. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 7:29
   See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
   1 Timothy 4:4
   For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.