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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

24. בהמה behēmâh — “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”

רמשׂ remeś — “creeping (small or low) animals…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

EXCURSUS B: ON THE NAMES ELOHIM AND JEHOVAH-ELOHIM.

Throughout the first account of creation (Genesis 1:1 to Ge…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

God evidently meant the two persons, male and female, to complete the human being, and the fullness of human nature lies in them both. The earth is…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Let us make man. Although the tense used here is the future, all must acknowledge that this is the language of One apparently deliberating…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And God said, let us make man in our image, after our
likene

These words are direc…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Man was made last of all the creatures; this was both an honor and a favor to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was…

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