From the Blue Letter Bible

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Gen 1:26 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Let us		Gen 3:22; Gen 11:7; Job 35:10; Psa 100:3; Psa 149:2; Isa 64:8; Jhn 5:17; Jhn 14:23; 1Jo 5:7
man		In Hebrew, Adam; probably so called either from the red earth of which he was formed, or from the blush or flesh-tint of the human countenance: the name is intended to designate the species.
in our		Gen 5:1; Gen 9:6; Ecc 7:29; Act 17:26,28,29; 1Cr 11:7; 2Cr 3:18; 2Cr 4:4; Eph 4:24; Col 1:15; Col 3:10; Jam 3:9
have dominion		Gen 9:2,3,4; Job 5:23; Psa 8:4-8; Psa 104:20-24; Ecc 7:29; Jer 27:6; Act 17:20,28,29; 1Cr 11:7; 2Cr 3:18; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10; Hbr 2:6-9; Jam 3:7,9

Correlating Passages

Let us

	Gen 3:22	And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
	Gen 11:7	Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
	Job 35:10	But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
	Psa 100:3	Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
	Psa 149:2	Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
	Isa 64:8	But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
	Jhn 5:17	But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
	Jhn 14:23	Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
	1Jo 5:7	For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

in our

	Gen 5:1	This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
	Gen 9:6	Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
	Ecc 7:29	Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
	Act 17:26	And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
	Act 17:28	For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
	Act 17:29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
	1Cr 11:7	For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
	2Cr 3:18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
	2Cr 4:4	In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
	Eph 4:24	And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
	Col 1:15	Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
	Col 3:10	And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
	Jam 3:9	Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

have dominion

	Gen 9:2	And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
	Gen 9:3	Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
	Gen 9:4	But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
	Job 5:23	For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
	Psa 8:4	What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
	Psa 8:5	For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
	Psa 8:6	Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:
	Psa 8:7	All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
	Psa 8:8	The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
	Psa 104:20	Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
	Psa 104:21	The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
	Psa 104:22	The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
	Psa 104:23	Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
	Psa 104:24	O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
	Ecc 7:29	Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
	Jer 27:6	And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
	Act 17:20	For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
	Act 17:28	For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
	Act 17:29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
	1Cr 11:7	For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
	2Cr 3:18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
	Eph 4:24	And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
	Col 3:10	And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
	Hbr 2:6	But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
	Hbr 2:7	Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
	Hbr 2:8	Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
	Hbr 2:9	But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
	Jam 3:7	For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
	Jam 3:9	Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Return to Top

Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 1:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/1/26.html>.

Search the Bible

Search the BLB

Featured Items

Today's Items:

Items of Interest: