Genesis 1:27
Good News Translation
So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,

New Revised Standard Version
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Contemporary English Version
So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.

New American Bible
God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

in the image.

Psalm 139:14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

Isaiah 43:7 And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory. I have formed him, and made him.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 4:24 And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth.

Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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Genesis 1:26 And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth.

male.

Genesis 2:21-25 Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. . . .

Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Malachi 2:15 Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

Matthew 19:4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:

Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

1 Corinthians 11:8,9 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. . . .

Context
The Sixth Day
26And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth, and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth. 27And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.28And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.…
Cross References
Matthew 19:4
Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:

Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

1 Corinthians 11:7
The man indeed ought not to cover his head: because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

Ephesians 4:24
And put on the new man, who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth.

Colossians 3:10
And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him.

Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.

Genesis 9:6
Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Deuteronomy 4:32
Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time,

Ecclesiastes 7:29
Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?

Genesis 1:26
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