Passage
Genesis 1.24-28
Book: Genesis · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
ASV (ASV)
22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. 23. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. 25. And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27. And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28. And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 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 moveth upon the earth.
- And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food: 30. and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so. (Genesis 1:22-30, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
22. God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23. There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24. God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. 25. God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good. 26. God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and 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.” 27. God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. 28. 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.”
- God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 30. To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so. (Genesis 1:22-30, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth
- And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed 30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul (Genesis 1:22-30, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
22. And God blesseth them, saying, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:' 23. and there is an evening, and there is a morning, day fifth.
24. And God saith, 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so. 25. And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good. 26. And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' 27. And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. 28. And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
- And God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; 30. and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food:' and it is so. (Genesis 1:22-30, YLT)
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Setting
- Speaker: Moses (traditional authorship) / narrator
- Audience: Israelite congregation post-Exodus
- Location: various ANE settings (Eden → Mesopotamia → Canaan → Egypt)
- Time period: events c. creation-c. 1800 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC
Theological reading
Key words
- H0120 - adam, adam (Strong's H120). Also appears in: Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 2.7.
- H0430 - elohim, elohim (Strong's H430). Also appears in: Genesis 1.1, Genesis 1.2, Genesis 1.14-19.
- H1254 - bara, bara (Strong's H1254). Also appears in: Genesis 1.1, Genesis 1.21, Genesis 1.27.
- H1823 - demuth, demuth (Strong's H1823). Also appears in: Genesis 1.26, Isaiah 13, Isaiah 40.
- H2416 - chay, chay (Strong's H2416). Also appears in: Genesis 1.21, Genesis 1.28, Genesis 2.7.
- H2896 - tov, tov (Strong's H2896). Also appears in: Genesis 1.14-19, Genesis 1.21, Genesis 1.31.
- H5315 - nephesh, nephesh (Strong's H5315). Also appears in: Genesis 1.21, Genesis 2.7, Genesis 12.
- H6213 - asah, asah (Strong's H6213). Also appears in: Genesis 1.14-19, Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.31.
- H6754 - tselem, tselem (Strong's H6754). Also appears in: Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 9.6.
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.
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Arguments and defeaters:
- AI Consciousness Proves Mind Is Computation (Defeater), via Genesis 1.27
- Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.24-25
- Anthropology Defeats Christianity Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Anthropology vs Epistemology Priority Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Argument from Consciousness, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Argument from Love, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Argument from Neuroscience (Guillen), via Genesis 1.26-27
- Argument from Origin of Life, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Argument from Reason, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Argument from the Information-Conservation Convergence, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Argument from the Mirror-Recognition Convergence, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Argument from the Naming Convergence, via Genesis 1.26-28
- Argument from the One-and-the-Many Convergence, via Genesis 1.27
- Argument from the Pre-Given Logos, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Argument from the Question-Asking Asymmetry, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 1.28
- Argument from the Reliability of Reason, via Genesis 1.27
- Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence, via Genesis 1.26-28, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 1.28
- Argument from the Universal Worship Convergence, via Genesis 1.27
- Atheism Cannot Justify Compassion, via Genesis 1.27
- Atheism Moral Neutrality Failure, via Genesis 1.27
- Atheism Promotes Hatred Lies and Self-Idolatry, via Genesis 1.27
- Atheist Moral Realism Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Biblical Sexual Ethics Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Biogenesis Argument, via Genesis 1.11-25, Genesis 1.20-25
- Born This Way Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Cains Wife Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.28
- Cambrian Explosion Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Cartesian Skeptical Argument and Christian Responses, via Genesis 1.27
- Christian God is the Only True God, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Christianity Is the White Mans Religion Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Christians Behaving Badly Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Common Design vs Common Descent Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Convergent Evolution as Design Signal Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Cosmic Dictator Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ, via Genesis 1.26
- Edge of Evolution Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Elohim Is a Divine Council Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26
- Evil as Privation of Good, via Genesis 1.25, Genesis 1.27
- Evolution and Empathy Ground Morality (Defeater), via Genesis 1.27
- Fitness Beats Truth Argument, via Genesis 1.27
- Free Will Argument from Love, via Genesis 1.27
- Harm-Reduction Cannot Ground Morality (Defeater), via Genesis 1.27
- Hominin Foot and Big Toe Transition Argument, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Hypatia Murder Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Interdependency Argument, via Genesis 1.11-25
- Irreducible Complexity Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Miller-Urey Reframe Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Misogyny in the Bible Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27, Genesis 1.27-28
- Modal Argument from Mind, via Genesis 1.27
- Moral Anti-Realism Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Moral Argument, via Genesis 1.27
- Mutah Temporary Marriage Contradiction Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Necessary Being is an Intelligent Mind, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Nietzsche Concedes Problem of Evil, via Genesis 1.27
- Orphan Genes Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25, Genesis 1.24-25, Genesis 1.26-27
- OT Polytheism Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Phylogenetic Incongruence Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Population Genetics for Historical Adam Argument, via Genesis 1.27
- Problem of Evil, Free Will Defense, via Genesis 1.27
- Protein Sequence Space Argument, via Genesis 1.27
- Rape Only Condemned When Unmarried Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- Religion Causes Violence Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.27
- RNA World Failure Argument, via Genesis 1.20-25
- Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Fossils Argument, via Genesis 1.24-25
- Top 25 Reasons We Do Not Share a Common Ancestor With Apes, via Genesis 1.27
- Tower of Babel Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.28
- Tree of Knowledge Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26
- Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater, via Genesis 1.26-28
Concepts:
- Abortion, via Genesis 1.27
- Access and Phenomenal Consciousness, via Genesis 1.27
- Adam and Eve Historicity, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Anthropology and Ethics, via Genesis 1.27
- Anti-Muslim Polemic Quality-Control, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Atheism, via Genesis 1.28
- Biblical Dignity, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Biblical Sexual Ethics Objection, via Genesis 1.27
- Biblical Stewardship, via Genesis 1.28
- Black People Shouldnt Be Christian, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Chattel Slavery vs Biblical Servitude, via Genesis 1.27
- Christian Abolitionist Movement, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Christianity, via Genesis 1.27
- Christianity in Africa, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Common Descent Critique, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Consciousness, via Genesis 1.27
- Defining Chattel Slavery and Biblical Servitude, via Genesis 1.27
- Divine Conservationism, via Genesis 1.24
- Divine Gender Polarity and Feminine Imagery, via Genesis 1.27
- Edge of Evolution, via Genesis 1.24-25, Genesis 1.24-26, Genesis 1.26
- Free Will and Determinism, via Genesis 1.27
- Genesis ANE Myth Borrowing Objection, via Genesis 1.26-28
- Genesis Hermeneutics, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Gospel, via Genesis 1.27
- Hell and Eternal Punishment, via Genesis 1.27
- Imago Dei, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- Kingdom Business, via Genesis 1.28
- Marriage, via Genesis 1.27
- Misogyny in the Bible Objection, via Genesis 1.27
- Moral Arguments, via Genesis 1.27
- Occasionalism, via Genesis 1.24
- Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ, via Genesis 1.26
- Oneness Pentecostalism, via Genesis 1.26
- Origins and Cosmology, via Genesis 1.27
- Orphan Genes, via Genesis 1.24-25, Genesis 1.24-26, Genesis 1.26-27
- OT Sexual-Violence Laws, via Genesis 1.27
- Papal Bulls and Slavery, via Genesis 1.26-27
- PaRDeS, via Genesis 1.26
- Pro-Life Premise-Based Argument, via Genesis 1.27
- Sin, via Genesis 1.27
- Soul, via Genesis 1.27
- Substance Dualism, via Genesis 1.26-27
- Tawhid, via Genesis 1.26
- Theistic Evolution, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.26-28
- Trinity, via Genesis 1.26
- Trinity Common Objections, via Genesis 1.26
- Trinity OT Stack (Five Texts), via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27
- Trinity Plural-Hebrew-Noun Stack, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27
- Two Powers in Heaven, via Genesis 1.26
- Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth, via Genesis 1.26-27
People:
- David Hume, via Genesis 1.27
- Frederick Douglass, via Genesis 1.26-27
- John Paul II, via Genesis 1.27
- Michael Heiser, via Genesis 1.26
- William Wilberforce, via Genesis 1.27
Lexicon:
- G1504 - eikon, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27
- G2435 - hilasterion, via Genesis 1.27
- G4893 - syneidesis, via Genesis 1.27
- G4983 - soma, via Genesis 1.27
- H0120 - adam, via Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.26-31, Genesis 1.27
- H0430 - elohim, via Genesis 1.26
- H1254 - bara, via Genesis 1.27
- H1697 - dabar, via Genesis 1.3-31
- H1823 - demuth, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27
- H2896 - tov, via Genesis 1.25, Genesis 1.27
- H3045 - yada, via Genesis 1.27
- H5315 - nephesh, via Genesis 1.24, Genesis 1.27
- H6213 - asah, via Genesis 1.25, Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.27
- H6754 - tselem, via Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.26-27, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 1.28
- H7307 - ruach, via Genesis 1.26
- H8034 - shem, via Genesis 1.28
Passages:
- 1 Chronicles 28.20
- 1 Kings 10.1-13
- 1 Kings 18.32
- 1 Kings 19.9-18
- 1 Kings 21.25
- 1 Samuel 15.2-3
- 1 Samuel 15.6
- 1 Samuel 15.9-21
- 1 Samuel 16.12
- 1 Samuel 28
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Chronicles 9.1-12
- 2 Kings 17.37
- 2 Kings 18
- 2 Kings 20.20
- 2 Kings 24
- 2 Samuel 12.11-12
- 2 Samuel 24.15-17
- Amos 5.26
- Daniel 9
- Deuteronomy 10.18-19
- Deuteronomy 13.3-5
- Deuteronomy 18.10-12
- Deuteronomy 18.9-12
- Deuteronomy 18.9-14
- Deuteronomy 21
- Deuteronomy 21.10-14
- Deuteronomy 22
- Deuteronomy 22.25-26
- Deuteronomy 24.14-15
- Deuteronomy 24.7
- Deuteronomy 25.17-19
- Deuteronomy 28
- Deuteronomy 28.11
- Deuteronomy 34
- Deuteronomy 6.4-5
- Deuteronomy 6.4-9
- Deuteronomy 7
- Deuteronomy 8.18
- Ecclesiastes 3.12-13
- Ecclesiastes 4.9-10
- Ecclesiastes 7.20
- Ecclesiastes 9.10
- Ecclesiastes 9.5
- Esther 3.8
- Exodus 1.11-14
- Exodus 1.13-14
- Exodus 15.26
- Exodus 20.1-17
- Exodus 20.4
- Exodus 20.4-6
- Exodus 21.22-25
- Exodus 22.4
- Exodus 23.20-22
- Exodus 23.9
- Exodus 3
- Exodus 3.1-15
- Exodus 32.14
- Exodus 7
- Ezekiel 18.1-24
- Ezekiel 18.21
- Ezekiel 18.30-32
- Ezekiel 23.20-21
- Ezekiel 33.11
- Ezekiel 36
- Ezekiel 37.24-28
- Ezekiel 39
- Ezekiel 45.22
- Genesis 1.21
- Genesis 1.28
- Genesis 11.1-9
- Genesis 11.6
- Genesis 12
- Genesis 12.2-3
- Genesis 18.1-15
- Genesis 2.18
- Genesis 2.4
- Genesis 22.11-18
- Genesis 22.12
- Genesis 28
- Genesis 28.10-22
- Genesis 3
- Genesis 3.17-18
- Genesis 3.17-19
- Genesis 31.11-13
- Genesis 32.30
- Genesis 41.54-56
- Genesis 6.1-4
- Genesis 6.13-14
- Genesis 6.14
- Genesis 6.15
- Genesis 6.16
- Genesis 6.17
- Genesis 6.19-20
- Genesis 6.2
- Genesis 7.17-23
- Genesis 7.21-23
- Hosea 11.9
- Isaiah 41.4
- Isaiah 42.1
- Isaiah 42.1-5
- Isaiah 42.16
- Isaiah 43.19
- Isaiah 44.15
- Isaiah 44.24
- Isaiah 45.12
- Isaiah 45.5-7
- Isaiah 45.7
- Isaiah 46.10
- Isaiah 49.1-7
- Isaiah 53.1-12
- Isaiah 53.10
- Isaiah 53.11
- Isaiah 53.12
- Isaiah 53.7-8
- Isaiah 9.6-7
- Jeremiah 10.12
- Jeremiah 18.7-10
- Jeremiah 22.24-30
- Jeremiah 23.5
- Jeremiah 27.6
- Jeremiah 28.13-14
- Jeremiah 32.38-39
- Jeremiah 38.7-13
- Jeremiah 51.6
- Jeremiah 52.31-34
- Jeremiah 7.18
- Jeremiah 8.10
- Job 10.9
- Jonah 3.10
- Joshua 1.5
- Joshua 2.12-13
- Joshua 5.13-15
- Joshua 6
- Judges 13.3-22
- Judges 2.1-5
- Judges 4
- Judges 6.11-24
- Lamentations 3.38
- Leviticus 11.32
- Leviticus 23.3
- Leviticus 24.19
- Leviticus 5.15
- Malachi 2.15
- Micah 5
- Nehemiah 9.6
- Numbers 22.22-35
- Numbers 31
- Numbers 5.30
- Proverbs 13.22
- Proverbs 14.30
- Proverbs 16.32
- Proverbs 18.21
- Proverbs 22.1
- Proverbs 6.16-17
- Psalms 103.2-3
- Psalms 103.8-10
- Psalms 104.24-25
- Psalms 118.6
- Psalms 119.68
- Psalms 121
- Psalms 121.7-8
- Psalms 124.8
- Psalms 136
- Psalms 136.1
- Psalms 139.14
- Psalms 14.3
- Psalms 143.10
- Psalms 145.9
- Psalms 16.11
- Psalms 17
- Psalms 22.30-31
- Psalms 23.3
- Psalms 23.6
- Psalms 27
- Psalms 27.1
- Psalms 27.4
- Psalms 34.8
- Psalms 42.1
- Psalms 42.5
- Psalms 49.15
- Psalms 50.10
- Psalms 51
- Psalms 53.1
- Psalms 86.10
- Zechariah 1.12-13
- Zechariah 11.12
- Zechariah 11.12-13
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