I am Adam (1)

Day 2: I am Adam  – Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

QUESTIONS:

  1. Who was speaking in this passage?
  2. What did he say?
  3. What was he intending to make?
  4. What was he going to use as the pattern from which to make man?
  5. He used the phrases, “in our image” and “after our likeness”. What is the difference between image and likeness?
  6. What was the purpose or function for which man was created?

Use the key terms notes below to assist you with arriving at the answers to the questions above.

KEY TERMS:

1. Man – H120 `adam – (masculine noun)
Man, mankind, human being (an individual or the species);
Adam, first man
Mankind (much more frequently intended sense in the Old Testament).

This term above comes from H119 `adam, a verb which means to be red or dyed red; ruddy. It does not have a plural form; but it is very often used collectively to denote men, the human race.

2. Image – H6754 tselem – (masculine noun)
Its origin is from an unused root which means to shade.
A phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance;
A shadow;
Hence a representative figure, especially an idol;
a likeness

Verses where tselem is used: Genesis 5:3; 1 Samuel 6:5; Ezekiel 16:17

3. Likeness – H1823 demuwth – (adverb, feminine noun)
Likeness, similitude (feminine noun)
in the likeness of, like as (adverb)
resemblance;
concretely, model, shape;
adverbially, like: fashion, manner, similitude

This term comes from H1819 damah, a verb which means to be like, to resemble, to liken, to compare, to make oneself like or become like.
Verses where demuwth is used: Genesis 5:3; 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 1: 5, 10, 16; Daniel 10:16

4. Dominion – H7287 radah – (verb)
To tread down, i.e. subjugate;
specifically to prevail against, reign, make to rule over, dominate
to subdue or rule over

Write 1-3 sentences explaining who you are based on what you have discovered in this verse.