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genesis 2:3
move a ­ long the g ­ round, and the wild an­i­mals, each
ac­cord­ing to its kind.” And it was so. 25  God made the
wild an­i­mals ac­cord ­ing to ­t heir ­k inds, the live­stock
ac­cord­ing to t ­ heir k ­ inds, and all the crea­tures that
move ­a long the ­g round ac­cord­ing to ­their ­k inds. And
God saw that it was good.
26  T hen God said, “Let us make man­k ind in our
im­age, in our like­ness, so that they may rule over the
fish in the sea and the ­birds in the sky, over the live­
stock and all the wild an­i­mals,  a and over all the crea­
tures that move a ­ long the ground.”
27 So
God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
­ lessed them and said to them, “Be fruit­
28  God b
ful and in­crease in num­ber; fill the e ­ arth and sub­due
it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the b ­ irds in the
sky and over ev­ery liv­ing crea­t ure that ­moves on the
ground.”
29  T hen God said, “I give you ev­ery seed-bear­ing
plant on the face of the ­whole e ­ arth and ev­ery tree
that has ­f ruit with seed in it. They will be ­yours for
food. 30  A nd to all the ­beasts of the ­earth and all the
birds in the sky and all the crea­t ures that move along
the ­g round — ​ev­ery­thing that has the ­breath of life in
it — ​I give ev­ery ­g reen p
­ lant for food.” And it was so.
31  God saw all that he had made, and it was very
good. And t ­ here was eve­n ing, and t ­ here was morn­
ing  — ​the ­sixth day.
2
Thus the heav­ens and the e ­ arth were com­plet­ed in
all t ­ heir vast ar­ray.
2 By the sev­enth day God had fin­ished the work he had
been do­ing; so on the sev­enth day he rest­ed from all
­ lessed the sev­enth day and
his work. 3  T hen God b
made it holy, be­cause on it he rest­ed from all the work
of cre­at­ing that he had done.
a  26  Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic
Text the earth   
3
1:27
Humans are special.
People are different from
everything else God made because
they are made in his image. That
means we share some of God’s
characteristics, such as intelligence,
love and creativity. Since each
person is made in God’s image,
everyone is important to God.
1:28
God told humans to take
care of the earth.
When God told people to “fill the
earth and subdue it,” he meant to
care for all of creation and use its
resources wisely.
2:2 – 3
God rested on the seventh
day.
God did not need to rest because
he was tired. He rested because he
was finished creating the world and
everything in it. God also rested
so we would know it’s important
to take a break from work one day
each week and worship him.
Parallel Days
Genesis 1
Day 1: Light Day 4: Sun and moon
Day 2: Water and sky Day 5: Fish and birds
Day 3: Plant life Day 6: Animals and people
Beautiful! God’s power, wisdom and sense of order are
revealed in the parallels between days 1–3 and 4–6.