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Genesis 1: 26–31 — Humanity and the Sixth Day · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time verse by verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we begin reading from the ESV, Genesis 126 to 31, Humanity and the Sixth Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then 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 heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them, and God blessed them.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit, you shall have them for food, and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it was so.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: And there was evening and there was morning the sixth day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: The sixth day reaches its high point with the creation of humanity.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: Before this the passage repeatedly says, Let there be, or let the earth bring forth.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: Here the wording changes.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Let us make man in our image after our likeness.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: The text slows down and gives humanity special attention.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: Being made in God's image sets human beings apart from the other living creatures in the chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: The passage connects that image with a responsibility.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: Humanity is given dominion over the animals and over the earth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dominion here is authority entrusted by God.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: Humans are placed over creation, but they are still part of the creation God made.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: Verse 27 repeats the idea three times.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: God created man, created him in his image, and created them, male and female.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Both male and female are included in that description.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_00: The image of God is not presented as belonging to only one sex.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_00: God then blesses them and tells them to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: That sounds similar to the blessing given to the creatures of the sea and the birds, but humanity also receives the command to subdue the earth and have dominion over living things.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: The passage also tells us what God gives for food at this point: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees for humanity, and green plants for the animals.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_00: That is simply what Genesis describes here before later passages introduce other instructions about food.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: Then the wording changes again.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: Earlier in the chapter, God repeatedly saw that what he made was good.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: At the completion of the sixth day, God looks at everything he has made and declares it very good.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_00: The chapter ends with the whole created order complete and working together as God intended.
• 3:23
  SPEAKER_00: This concludes Genesis 1 26 31.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with Genesis 2 1 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.