Genesis 1:26-27 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:27

The greatness of man. I. THE TIME OF HIS APPEARANCE . The latest of God's works, he was produced towards the close of the era that witnessed the introduction upon our globe of the higher animals. Taking either view of the length of the creative day, it may be supposed that in the evening the animals went forth "to roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God," and that in the morning man arose upon the variegated scene, "going forth to his work and to his labor until the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:24-31

- VIII. The Sixth Day24. בהמה behēmâh, “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.”רמשׂ remeś, “creeping (small or low) animals.”חוּה chayâh, “living thing; animal.”חוּת־חארץ chayatô-chā'ārets, “wild beast.”26. אדם 'ādām, “man, mankind;” “be red.” A collective noun, having no plural number, and therefore denoting either an individual of the kind, or the kind or race itself. It is connected in etymology with אדמה 'ădāmâh, “the red soil,” from which the human body was formed Genesis 2:7. It therefore... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:26

Genesis 1:26. God said, Let us make man We have here another and still more important part of the sixth day’s work, the creation of man. Having prepared a fit habitation for man, and furnished it with all things necessary for his use and comfort, God now proceeds to create him. But this he does, as it were, with deliberation, nay, and consultation, using a phraseology which he had not used with regard to any other creatures, thereby showing the excellence of man above every other being... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:27

Genesis 1:27. So God created man in his own image In his natural, but especially in his moral image, with an habitual conformity of all his powers to the will of God, his understanding clearly discerning, his judgment entirely approving, his will readily choosing, and his affections cordially embracing his chief good; without error in his knowledge, disorder in his passions, or irregularity or inordinancy in his appetites; his senses also being all inlets to wisdom and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

THE STORY OF CREATIONThe Bible and scienceModern science has revealed so much about the wonders and the size of the physical universe that human beings may seem almost to be nothing. The Bible takes a different view. Human beings are its main concern, for they alone are made in God’s image. The story of creation is but an introduction to the story of God’s dealings with the human race. The Bible demonstrates this order of importance from the outset by fitting the story of creation into a mere... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:26

Let us. The Divine purpose is here stated. The Divine act not described till Genesis 2:7 , Genesis 2:21-24 . man. Hebrew. 'adam (no Art.) = mankind. image . . . likeness. Figure of speech Hendiadys. App-6 . One thing, not two = "In the likeness of our image", viz. of Elohim (not Jehovah), the 2nd person, who had taken creature form in order to create (Colossians 1:15 .Hebrews 1:3 .Revelation 3:14 ; compare Proverbs 8:22-31 , and 1 Corinthians 11:3-11 ). Refers only to outward form,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:27

God. The Hebrew accent (Pasek) places the emphasis on God, the Carrier-out of His purpose. created: i.e., when He did create. The description of the act postponed till Genesis 2:7 , Genesis 2:21-24 . See note on Genesis 1:26 . The Tosephta (contemporary with the Mishna , about A.D. 200) translate Sanhedrin, viii. 7: "Why was man created last? That the heretics might not say there was a companion with Him in the work": i.e. lest man should have claimed a share in it. man . Here the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 1:26-28

"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 heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over everything that creepeth upon the earth. And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 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... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:26

Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image— Behold the finishing stroke of the Divine Creator, Man, the last and greatest work of God. Animal life was produced: but now at last the crown of creation is brought forth in a rational soul. The earth, like a stately palace furnished for his reception, seems to call for the great inhabitant; one who can be the tongue of this lower world, and render to the great Author of all, the praise of his glorious works. The plurals us and our, afford an evident... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:27

Genesis 1:27. Male and female created he them— Man is but half himself without his partner woman. From this original pair descend the numerous generations of men that have overspread the earth. How foolish and vain then is the pride of pedigree, when the beggar on the dunghill can claim the most ancient and ennobled extraction, as the son of Adam, who was the son of God! Luke 3:38. We have, in the literal sense, one Father; we are brethren of one family, the same blood runs in our veins, and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 1:24-31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 1:27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 1:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 1:27

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 1:26-28

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 1:27

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