Genesis 1:27“And G-d created man in His own image, in the image of G-d created He him; male and female created He them.”
Read in context: Genesis chapter 1 (full chapter) · JPS 1917 translation (public domain)
The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation
Genesis 1:27 — Tanakh (JPS 1917)
“And G-d created man in His own image, in the image of G-d created He him; male and female created He them.” — read online, free, in the JPS 1917 translation.
Humanity made “in the image of God” — the biblical basis of human dignity, read in Jewish tradition on the value of every person.
Also read in the Bible (KJV): Genesis 1:27 → · Why do two versions of this verse exist?
Frequently asked questions
What does “in the image of God” mean in Judaism?
Genesis teaches that every human being bears the tselem Elohim, the image of God — the foundation of the Jewish teaching about the infinite worth of a single life.
What translation is this?
This is the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation — the classic public domain English rendering of the Hebrew Bible.
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