Genesis 1:26-31 (The Inclusive Bible) Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image to be like us. Let them be stewards of the fish in the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, the wild animals, and everything that crawls on the ground.” Humankind was created as God’s reflection: in the divine image God created them; female and male, God made them. God blessed them and said, “Bear fruit, increase your numbers, and fill the earth–and be responsible for it! Watch over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things on the earth!” God then told them, “Look! I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the earth, and every tree who fruit carries its seed inside itself: they will be your food; and to all the animals of the earth and the birds of the air and things that crawl on the ground–everything that has a living soul in it–I give all the green plants for food.” So it was. God looked at all of this creation, and proclaimed that this was good–very good. Evening came, and morning followed–the sixth day.
Psalm 139:13-18 For it was you who formed my inward parts; |