Genesis 1:27
Genesis 1 · shown in the Douay-Rheims
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Read Genesis 1:27 in the NABRE onlineAnd God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.
Reflection
Created in God's image — not as a copy of God but as a reflection. The text repeats it, which in Hebrew is a way of underscoring: in the image of God he created him. Your dignity is not self-assigned; it was given before you existed.