27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Other Translations of Genesis 1:27

King James Version

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

English Standard Version

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

The Message

27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.

New King James Version

27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

New Living Translation

27 So God created human beingsOr the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam. in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 1:27

Commentary on Genesis 1:26-28

(Read Genesis 1:26-28)

Man was made last of all the creatures: this was both an honour and a favour to him. Yet man was made the same day that the beasts were; his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and while he is in the body, he inhabits the same earth with them. God forbid that by indulging the body, and the desires of it, we should make ourselves like the beasts that perish! Man was to be a creature different from all that had been hitherto made. Flesh and spirit, heaven and earth, must be put together in him. God said, "Let us make man." Man, when he was made, was to glorify the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Into that great name we are baptized, for to that great name we owe our being. It is the soul of man that especially bears God's image. Man was made upright, Ecclesiastes 7:29. His understanding saw Divine things clearly and truly; there were no errors or mistakes in his knowledge; his will consented at once, and in all things, to the will of God. His affections were all regular, and he had no bad appetites or passions. His thoughts were easily brought and fixed to the best subjects. Thus holy, thus happy, were our first parents in having the image of God upon them. But how is this image of God upon man defaced! May the Lord renew it upon our souls by his grace!