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NASB | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth." [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3] |
Bible Question: I have always wondered about the word Adam, which is #120 and#119 in Strongs Condordance. It says "to show blood in the face, flush or turn rosy. Does this mean that Adam was white? |
Bible Answer: Gen. 1:26 comes as close as the Bible ever gets to revealing to us the physical attributes of Adam. Perhaps it's just as well. Theologically, it's a moot question anyway. If we venture out into extra-biblical sources, we can get all sorts of "answers" -- but of what value are they, really? We can subscribe to the happy theory that we all came from slime in some primordial swamp, and thereby be able to say that Adam was green, if that is the color of slime. Or we can do Adam in handily by buying into various brands of "higher criticism" of the Bible being bandied about in our time, which are eager for us to believe that the Genesis story of creation is nothing but fanciful myth and fairy tale passed down from generation to generation and woven into the folk-lore of a simple-minded people who were gullible enough to believe almost anything. The issue always turns to the matter of faith. Do we believe in a God who is Sovereign and who reveals His purpose and will for our lives through the Bible, or must we continually seek in our own feeble way to find fallible human sources to supplement and approbate what He has revealed in His Word? The Christian world is not measured by line and rule but by faith. If we feel that the eternal truth of God must be helped along by our weak and pale efforts, then perhaps we need to take a closer look. The God of the universe is simply not that small. --Hank |