Please explain Genesis 1:26 -27?

Question

verse 26Does this mean that the "Let US" mean that there was more than 1God.
verse 27 Does it make the first Adam a hermophodite considered by some a perfection.
Not a mistake in animal and aquatic world common aspect of nature.

I understand the trinity which i don't believe is(if incorrect i apologize) is in the KJV. Verse27"So God created Man in his OWN IMAGE Explain please who the 2nd man.in verse Genesis21 -23.
He put Adam to sleep to remove a rib(DNA?) The
Is there a reason for the seemingly split for a better word, in the area under the male organ and rectum
verse21 "he closed the flesh thereof.

DNA >>DeoxyRIBonucleic acid ?

Answer 1

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."


Holy crap I never cought that before. IDK

Answer 2

Many differing answers. I will try to clarify.

"Let us"
The New Testament (NT) tells us that Jesus was present at creation, and that all things were created through him:
John 1:1-3, 14
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was in the beginning with God.
3. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

14. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

There are additional verses in scripture that verify this. Some claim that the Holy Spirit was present (but that depends upon a person's specific beliefs and specific bible translation). Also, some claim that the angels were present (I am not certain that there is scriptural evidence for this).

Since God was masculine (and Jesus, as well), then clearly Adam is also masculine. It should also be noted that, in every case that an angel took human form in scripture, it took the form of a man.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 3

On the expression "God said": Obviously God, who is spirit, does not have a mouth, nor does he speak in sounds. The expression God said reminds us that the Creator gave us his word and his law.

The "let us" expression reveals that God is a community of persons. We later know as the trinity.

In this passage, the term used is "man" not Adam. I'm not very familiar with Hebrew, but I heard a talk on this issue that the term man is "ish" in Hebrew and woman is "ish-ish" . At the end of verse 27, the term used is them not him, so the first created human beings are both man and woman, not a hermophodite man.

Answer 4

Genesis 1:26; God wasn't talking to himself; nor does the Bible say there is more then one God. Right now I can't think of the scripture that tells us that Jesus was in heaven before he came to earth, but Jesus was God's "master worker," he helped God create everything. He was God's first creation, this is why he was called "the first born son of God" as the angels were also sons of God, but they were created after Jesus. This is why Jesus was such a perfect example for man. He not only lived as a man, but he knew Gods thinking; he also knew God as a Father, and how he would treat people, so he could be a perfect example of Gods attributes! God doesn't, and never did make mistakes, however, Satan used his free will to gain some of Gods worship away from God, thus the reason he lied to Adam and became the "father of the lie." Because of Adam and Eve listening to Satan, they only had imperfection to pass onto mankind, thus the imperfections and deformaties we see in man and beast. Rom. 5:12 shows this by stating "death entered into the world through one man, thus sin and death spread to all mankind." This is why Jesus was a perfect sacrifice for mankind, he was the only perfect human that stayed faithful to his heavenly Father and creator; therefore making the scales balanced, a perfect man gave up his perfection for sin; so a perfect man gave up his life so we could live forever in a paradised earth.

Answer 5

For the 1st part i think it is expressed in the same sense as the Royal "we". It is refering to God as a entity rather than a being.
For the 2nd part they are talking about Man as a species. It should be said that in Jewish mythology Eve was not the 1st woman. Lillith was mentioned before her.
Adam and then Eve are set apart to live in the Garden of Eden. Then cast out when they have tasted the fruit.
The idea that they were the 1st couple and all else comes from them is a later concept.

Answer 6

Singular "man" and the plural "them" clearly indicates that the term "man" is used collectively to refer to both man and woman.

Genesis 5:2
"Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."

Paul is careful in 1 Corinthians 11:7 not to say that the woman is man’s image. Rather he says that "woman is the glory of man."

1 Corinthians 11:7 "For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."

Genesis 1:26-27 does affirm male-female equality, but that it also alludes to male headship by twice calling the human race, "man–ha’adam" rather than "woman." Furthermore, by differentiating between man as "the image and glory of God" and woman as the "glory of man," Paul shows that the equality between men and women implied by Genesis 1:26-27 does not negate their functional distinction implied in Genesis 2:18-23.

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Answer 7

Then God said, "Let us make man[a] 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." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:26-27)

"Let us" is a reference to the Trinity, 3 in 1 (Father, Son, Spirit) so when God says "us" he is talking with/to the other two parts of the Trinity. It's like when Jesus would go off by himself to pray and talk with God.

Adam was not a hermaphrodite. The verse says "male and female he created THEM." if Adam was somehow endowed with both male and female genitals the text would have said "male and female he created him," or something that would have ment a singular person. Plus God created Eve out of Adam's rib, so unless God somehow made Adam with a vagina on his rib that transferred over to Eve, Adam was definitely not a hermaphrodite.

Answer 8

in verse 26 might have been talking about the holy trinity, God, the holy spirit and the son.

i dont know what u mean by verse 27. But it says that man was made in God's image and that is why he say dominion over the animals.

Answer 9

No friend, Jesus was present at the Creation of man, as was the Holy Spirit. So it does not mean there were multiple gods..No he created Adam in the His imagine in God's image and Eve came from Adam, so no he wasn't a hermaphrodite...where did you come up with this? I recommend you read the Bible not just second-guess passages maybe you'll actually learn something

Answer 10

God made MAN in HIS image. Let US make man refers to the holy trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Answer 11

I think it means God and all of heaven, for the angels are also God's instruments throughout the ages. So it's like God said "I and my crew will do this". Or either the word "elohim" was used I don't know but that word means plural God or the Godhead (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).