and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
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You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

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.”

“Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;

“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My hands
And I ordained all their host.

He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?
‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
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Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

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.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs in the night,

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
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The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Know that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Yodh.
Your hands made me and fashioned me;
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.

Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

Thus says God the Lord,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its offspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,

Everyone who is called by My name,
And whom I have created for My glory,
Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

But now, O Lord, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the work of Your hand.

“I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.

The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

“Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.

“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;