Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them “Adam”.
- KJV Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
- NKJV He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
- NASB He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them “mankind” on the day when they were created.
- NLT He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them “human.”
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Quick answer
God created humanity male and female, blessed them, and named them Adam. It affirms the shared dignity and blessing of both man and woman.
Overview
The verse recalls that God made humanity as male and female, blessed them, and gave them the name Adam, or mankind. Both sexes share equally in the image and blessing of God. This foundational equality and complementarity reflects God's good design for humanity, established at creation and honored throughout Scripture.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 19:4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Mark 10:6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Gen 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Gen 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Mal 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Gen 2:15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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