God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.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.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.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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… according to their kinds, beasts and creeping things and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth according to their kinds and the beasts according to their kinds and all the creeping things that creep across the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let us make humankind in our own image and after our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and over the beasts and over all the earth and all the creeping things that creep on the earth. So God created humankind in his own image. In the image of God, he created him. Male and female, he created them. And God blessed them and said, Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and all the living creatures that move on the earth? …
… creatures were created according to their kinds. Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds. Livestock and creeping things and the beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds. Livestock according to their kinds. Everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good, but with humans, the language is totally different. There's no other kind like them. God said, let us make man in our image after our likeness. And this word image was used in that day. This is so good to describe how images or idols would represent gods or kings in such a way that we read, we won't turn there, but 1 Kings chapter 11, or sorry, 2 Kings chapter 11, verse 18, to worship an image was to worship that God. Or Daniel chapter 3, we read about King Nebuchadnezzar setting up an image, and to bow down to that image was to bow down to him as king. …
… creatures that were created according to their kinds. Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds, livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. But then in the very next verse with humans, the language is totally different. There's no other kind like them. They're made in the likeness of God. And God didn't just use the more impersonal let there be or let the earth bring forth this or that. Instead, God says very personally, let us make. A reference, by the way, to the Trinitarian nature of God. Let us make man in our image after our likeness. And then check this out. Genesis chapter 2, verse 6, describing how God created man. We read, then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. How close, intimate is that? God breathing life. God sharing breath with man. And then the first thing God does after he makes man and woman is he blesses them, and he gives them all these things. We see that word give twice. I give you all these things. And then God, looking at humanity, says, I saw everything that I made, and behold, up until now, God saw what he made, and it was good. God saw what he made, …