# Genesis 1.26-28

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**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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.
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> **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.**
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> 29. 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 1:24-30, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.
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> **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.”**
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> 29. 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 1:24-30, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 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.
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> **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. <sup>moveth: Heb. creepeth</sup>**
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> 29. 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. <sup>bearing: Heb. seeding seed</sup> <sup>yielding: Heb. seeding seed</sup> 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. <sup>life: Heb. a living soul</sup> (Genesis 1:24-30, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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.
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> **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.'**
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> 29. 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 1:24-30, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [AI Consciousness Proves Mind Is Computation (Defeater)](/codex/ai-consciousness-proves-mind-is-computation-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Anthropology Defeats Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/anthropology-defeats-christianity-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Anthropology vs Epistemology Priority Objection Defeater](/codex/anthropology-vs-epistemology-priority-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Argument from Consciousness](/codex/argument-from-consciousness/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from Love](/codex/argument-from-love/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Argument from Neuroscience (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-neuroscience-guillen/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Argument from Reason](/codex/argument-from-reason/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from the Information-Conservation Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-information-conservation-convergence/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Argument from the Mirror-Recognition Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-mirror-recognition-convergence/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from the Naming Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-naming-convergence/)
- [Argument from the One-and-the-Many Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-one-and-the-many-convergence/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from the Pre-Given Logos](/codex/argument-from-the-pre-given-logos/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from the Question-Asking Asymmetry](/codex/argument-from-the-question-asking-asymmetry/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/), [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Argument from the Reliability of Reason](/codex/argument-from-the-reliability-of-reason/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-trans-instinctual-agency-convergence/)
- [Argument from the Universal Worship Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-worship-convergence/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Atheism Cannot Justify Compassion](/codex/atheism-cannot-justify-compassion/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Atheism Moral Neutrality Failure](/codex/atheism-moral-neutrality-failure/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Atheism Promotes Hatred Lies and Self-Idolatry](/codex/atheism-promotes-hatred-lies-and-self-idolatry/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Atheist Moral Realism Defeater](/codex/atheist-moral-realism-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Biblical Sexual Ethics Objection Defeater](/codex/biblical-sexual-ethics-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Born This Way Objection Defeater](/codex/born-this-way-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Cains Wife Objection Defeater](/codex/cains-wife-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Cartesian Skeptical Argument and Christian Responses](/codex/cartesian-skeptical-argument-and-christian-responses/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Christian God is the Only True God](/codex/christian-god-is-the-only-true-god/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Christianity Is the White Mans Religion Objection Defeater](/codex/christianity-is-the-white-mans-religion-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Christians Behaving Badly Defeater](/codex/christians-behaving-badly-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Cosmic Dictator Objection Defeater](/codex/cosmic-dictator-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Elohim Is a Divine Council Objection Defeater](/codex/elohim-is-a-divine-council-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Evil as Privation of Good](/codex/evil-as-privation-of-good/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Evolution and Empathy Ground Morality (Defeater)](/codex/evolution-and-empathy-ground-morality-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Fitness Beats Truth Argument](/codex/fitness-beats-truth-argument/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Free Will Argument from Love](/codex/free-will-argument-from-love/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Harm-Reduction Cannot Ground Morality (Defeater)](/codex/harm-reduction-cannot-ground-morality-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Hominin Foot and Big Toe Transition Argument](/codex/hominin-foot-and-big-toe-transition-argument/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Hypatia Murder Objection Defeater](/codex/hypatia-murder-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Misogyny in the Bible Objection Defeater](/codex/misogyny-in-the-bible-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/), [Genesis 1.27-28](/codex/genesis-1-27-28/)
- [Modal Argument from Mind](/codex/modal-argument-from-mind/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Moral Anti-Realism Defeater](/codex/moral-anti-realism-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Moral Argument](/codex/moral-arguments/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Mutah Temporary Marriage Contradiction Objection Defeater](/codex/mutah-temporary-marriage-contradiction-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Necessary Being is an Intelligent Mind](/codex/necessary-being-is-an-intelligent-mind/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Nietzsche Concedes Problem of Evil](/codex/nietzsche-concedes-problem-of-evil/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Orphan Genes Argument](/codex/orphan-genes-argument/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [OT Polytheism Objection Defeater](/codex/ot-polytheism-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Population Genetics for Historical Adam Argument](/codex/population-genetics-for-historical-adam-argument/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Problem of Evil, Free Will Defense](/codex/problem-of-evil-free-will-defense/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Protein Sequence Space Argument](/codex/protein-sequence-space-argument/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Rape Only Condemned When Unmarried Objection Defeater](/codex/rape-only-condemned-when-unmarried-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Religion Causes Violence Objection Defeater](/codex/religion-causes-violence-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Top 25 Reasons We Do Not Share a Common Ancestor With Apes](/codex/top-25-reasons-we-do-not-share-a-common-ancestor-with-apes/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Tower of Babel Objection Defeater](/codex/tower-of-babel-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Tree of Knowledge Objection Defeater](/codex/tree-of-knowledge-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater](/codex/unitarian-oneness-binitarian-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-stop-satan-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Abortion](/codex/abortion/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Access and Phenomenal Consciousness](/codex/access-and-phenomenal-consciousness/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Adam and Eve Historicity](/codex/adam-and-eve-historicity/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Anthropology and Ethics](/codex/anthropology-and-ethics/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Anti-Muslim Polemic Quality-Control](/codex/anti-muslim-polemic-quality-control/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Biblical Dignity](/codex/biblical-dignity/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Biblical Sexual Ethics Objection](/codex/biblical-sexual-ethics-objection/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Black People Shouldnt Be Christian](/codex/black-people-shouldnt-be-christian/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Chattel Slavery vs Biblical Servitude](/codex/chattel-slavery-vs-biblical-servitude/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Christian Abolitionist Movement](/codex/christian-abolitionist-movement/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Christianity in Africa](/codex/christianity-in-africa/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Common Descent Critique](/codex/common-descent-critique/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Consciousness](/codex/consciousness/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Defining Chattel Slavery and Biblical Servitude](/codex/defining-chattel-slavery-and-biblical-servitude/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Divine Gender Polarity and Feminine Imagery](/codex/divine-gender-polarity-and-feminine-imagery/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Edge of Evolution](/codex/edge-of-evolution/), via [Genesis 1.24-26](/codex/genesis-1-24-26/), [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Free Will and Determinism](/codex/free-will-and-determinism/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Genesis ANE Myth Borrowing Objection](/codex/genesis-ane-myth-borrowing-objection/)
- [Genesis Hermeneutics](/codex/genesis-hermeneutics/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Gospel](/codex/g2098-euangelion/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Hell and Eternal Punishment](/codex/hell-and-eternal-punishment/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Imago Dei](/codex/genesis-1-27/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Kingdom Business](/codex/kingdom-business/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [Marriage](/codex/marriage/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Misogyny in the Bible Objection](/codex/misogyny-in-the-bible-objection/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Moral Arguments](/codex/moral-arguments/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Origins and Cosmology](/codex/origins-and-cosmology/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Orphan Genes](/codex/orphan-genes/), via [Genesis 1.24-26](/codex/genesis-1-24-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [OT Sexual-Violence Laws](/codex/ot-sexual-violence-laws/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Papal Bulls and Slavery](/codex/papal-bulls-and-slavery/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [PaRDeS](/codex/pardes/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Pro-Life Premise-Based Argument](/codex/pro-life-premise-based-argument/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Sin](/codex/h2403-chattath/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Soul](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Substance Dualism](/codex/substance-dualism/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Tawhid](/codex/tawhid/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Theistic Evolution](/codex/theistic-evolution/)
- [Trinity](/codex/trinity/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Trinity OT Stack (Five Texts)](/codex/trinity-ot-stack-five-texts/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Trinity Plural-Hebrew-Noun Stack](/codex/trinity-plural-hebrew-noun-stack/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [Two Powers in Heaven](/codex/two-powers-in-heaven/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)

**People:**

- [David Hume](/codex/david-hume/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Frederick Douglass](/codex/frederick-douglass/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [John Paul II](/codex/john-paul-ii/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [Michael Heiser](/codex/michael-heiser/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [William Wilberforce](/codex/william-wilberforce/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1504 - eikon](/codex/g1504-eikon/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [G2435 - hilasterion](/codex/g2435-hilasterion/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [G4893 - syneidesis](/codex/g4893-syneidesis/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [G4983 - soma](/codex/g4983-soma/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H0120 - adam](/codex/h0120-adam/), via [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.26-31](/codex/genesis-1-26-31/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H0430 - elohim](/codex/h0430-elohim/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [H1254 - bara](/codex/h1254-bara/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), via [Genesis 1.3-31](/codex/genesis-1-3-31/)
- [H1823 - demuth](/codex/h1823-demuth/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/)
- [H2896 - tov](/codex/h2896-tov/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H5315 - nephesh](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), via [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H6213 - asah](/codex/h6213-asah/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/)
- [H6754 - tselem](/codex/h6754-tselem/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.26-27](/codex/genesis-1-26-27/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/), [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)
- [H7307 - ruach](/codex/h7307-ruach/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)
- [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/), via [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/)

**Passages:**

- [Genesis 2](/codex/genesis-2/)

**Other pages:**

- [G3667 - homoioma](/codex/g3667-homoioma/), via [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/)

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_Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_

## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/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](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.