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Genesis 1:27
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KJ21
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
ASV
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
AMP
So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
AMPC
So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
BRG
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
CSB
So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
CSBA
So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
CEB
God created humanity in God’s own image, in the divine image God created them, male and female God created them.
CJB
So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
CEV
So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.
DARBY
And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
DRA
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
ERV
So God created humans in his own image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.
EASY
God made humans. He made them to be like himself. He made some of them males and some of them females.
EHV
God created the man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. Male and female he created them.
ESV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
ESVUK
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
EXB
So God created [1:1] ·human beings [T man; C the Hebrew adam can mean human beings, humankind, person, man, or the proper name Adam] in his image [C reflecting God’s nature/character and representing him in the world]. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
GNV
Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
GW
So God created humans in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
GNT
So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,
HCSB
So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.
ICB
So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
ISV
So God created mankind in his own image; in his own image God created them; he created them male and female.
JUB
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
AKJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
LSB
And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
LEB
So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.
TLB
So God made man like his Maker. Like God did God make man; Man and maid did he make them.
MSG
God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.” God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.”
MEV
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NOG
So Elohim created humans in his image. In the image of Elohim he created them. He created them male and female.
NABRE
God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NASB
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NASB1995
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NCB
God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
NCV
So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
NET
God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
NIRV
So God created human beings in his own likeness. He created them to be like himself. He created them as male and female.
NIV
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NIVUK
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NKJV
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
NLV
And God made man in His own likeness. In the likeness of God He made him. He made both male and female.
NLT
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NRSVA
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NRSVACE
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NRSVCE
So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
NRSVUE
So God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
OJB
So G-d created humankind in His own tzelem, in the tzelem Elohim (image of G-d) created He him; zachar (male) and nekevah (female) created He them.
RGT
Thus, God created the man in His image. In the image of God, He created him. He created them male and female.
RSV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
RSVCE
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
TLV
God created humankind in His image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.
VOICE
So God did just that. He created humanity in His image, created them male and female.
WEB
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
WYC
And God made of nought a man to his image and likeness; God made of nought a man, to the image of God; God made of nought them, male and female. (And so God made out of nothing a man in his image and likeness; God made out of nothing a man in the image of God; yea, God made them out of nothing, male and female.)
YLT
And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
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