“And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.”
“Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam : ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.”
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
“God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.”
“And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Male and female. Eve was taken from Adam’s side on this same day, though it be related in the following chapter. Adam was not an hermaphrodite as some have foolishly asserted. (Calmet) — Adam means the likeness, or red earth, that in one word we may behold our nobility and meanness. (Haydock)
Verses 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!
“And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.”
“And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.”
“Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.”
“This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.”
“He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.”
“Whosoever shall shed man’s blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.”