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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.

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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.

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1 Nephi 1 — Lehi's Vision and the Tender Mercies of the Lord
1 Nephi 11 — The Condescension of God and the Catechetical Tree
1 Nephi 12 — The Vision of the Seed, the Three-Day Darkness, and the Lamb Who Comes Down
1 Nephi 18 — The Ship, the Bound Prophet, and the Sea That Obeys the Compass
1 Nephi 19 — Zenock, Neum, Zenos, and the Hermeneutic of 'Liken'
2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names
2 Nephi 20 — Isaiah 10 — The Assyrian as the Lord's Rod, the Remnant Returns, the Cedars Cut Down
2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven
2 Nephi 26 — Nephi's Vision Continued — The Nephite Destruction, the Whisper out of the Dust, and the Universal Invitation
2 Nephi 31 — The Doctrine of Christ — Baptism, the Holy Ghost, and the Strait Way
3 Nephi 8 — Darkness That Could Be Felt — The Destruction at the Death of Christ
3 Nephi 10 — As a Hen Gathereth Her Chickens — The Gathering Voice and the Morning After the Dark
3 Nephi 20 — In Thy Seed Shall All Be Blessed — The Miraculous Bread and the Covenant Renewed
Alma 5 — Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances — Alma's Master Examination at Zarahemla, the Mighty Change of Heart, and the Song of Redeeming Love
Alma 11 — Every Joint to Its Proper Frame — The Nephite Money System, Zeezrom's Six Onties, and the Master Resurrection Discourse
Alma 16 — The Desolation of Nehors — Ammonihah Destroyed in a Day, the Zoram Rescue at Sidon, and the Many Things That Looked Forth for the Coming of Christ
Alma 30 — Korihor — The Anatomy of Unbelief, and the Sign That Was Not Mercy
Ether 2 — Serve the God of the Land — The Journey, the Barges, and the Decree Upon the Choice Land
Ether 3 — He Could Not Be Kept From Within the Veil — The Sixteen Stones, the Finger of the Lord, and the Unveiling of Christ
Ether 4 — Rend That Veil of Unbelief — The Sealed Vision, and the Terms on Which It Comes Forth
Moroni 2 — In My Name Shall Ye Give It — The Words of Christ on the Gift of the Holy Ghost
Mosiah 7 — Ammon Finds the Lost Colony — The Bondage Pattern, the Slain Prophet, and the First Pre-Christian Christology Outside Benjamin
Doctrine and Covenants 49 — Marriage Is Ordained of God
2 Chronicles 19 — Good Things Found in Thee — The Rebuke That Names the Good, and the King Who Turned Correction into Reform
2 Kings 16 — The Copied Altar — Ahaz Gives His Son to the Fire, Buys an Empire with the Temple's Treasure, Orders the Pattern of Damascus from a Compliant Priest, and Refuses the Sign of Immanuel
Esther 2 — The Orphan Who Found Favor — A Hidden Name, a Recorded Deed, and the Unseen Hand That Set the Crown
Esther 8 — The Word That May No Man Reverse — Haman's House, the Signet on Mordecai's Hand, and a Second Decree Answering the First
Esther 10 — Next unto the King — The Book's Last Three Verses, and the Unnamed God Who Governed Every One of Them
Ezra 1 — The Word Fulfilled — Cyrus's Decree, the Stirred Spirit, the Freewill Return, and the Vessels Come Home
Ezra 3 — The Altar Before the House — Worship Rebuilt on the Old Base, and the Shout That Could Not Be Told from Weeping
Ezra 7 — The Heart Prepared — Ezra the Ready Scribe Goes Up, the King's Astonishing Letter, and the Fourfold Pattern of a Scripture-Hearted Life
Genesis 2 — The Breath in the Dust — the Seventh Day Hallowed, the Man Formed, Eden Planted, and the First Marriage Made One Flesh
Genesis 3 — The Choice That Opened the World — the Serpent's Question, the Fruit and the Opened Eyes, the Promise of the Seed, and the Coats of Skins
Genesis 5 — The Book of the Generations of Adam — the Likeness Handed Down, the Drumbeat of the Dying, the One Who Walked and Was Not, and the Son Named for Comfort
Job 3 — Let the Day Perish — Job Breaks the Silence, Curses His Birth-Day, and Longs for the Rest of the Grave
Job 24 — Why the Wicked Go Unpunished — The Landmarks Removed, the Poor Who Hide Together, the Night-Criminals, and a Justice That Is Certain but Deferred
Job 38 — Out of the Whirlwind — The LORD Answers Job Not with a Why but with a Who
Job 39 — The LORD's Bestiary — The Wild Goats, the Untamed Ass, the Unicorn Who Will Not Serve, the Foolish Ostrich, the War-Horse Clothed in Thunder, and the Eagle on the Crag
Job 40 — Behold, I Am Vile — Job Lays His Hand Upon His Mouth, and the LORD Unveils Behemoth
Nehemiah 2 — The Prayer Between the Question and the Answer — Nehemiah's Sad Face, the Arrow Prayer, the Good Hand of God, and the Night Ride to the Ruined Wall
Nehemiah 6 — I Am Doing a Great Work — Nehemiah on the Wall, the Plain of Ono, the Hired Prophet, and the Fear That Would Not Land
Nehemiah 8 — The Book Opened in the Sight of All the People — Ezra Reads the Law, the Sense Is Given, and Grief Turns to the Joy of the LORD
Psalms 8 — What Is Man — The Excellent Name, the Work of Thy Fingers, and the Crown Set on a Little Lower Than the Gods
Psalms 19 — Two Books of One Author — The Heavens That Preach Without Words and the Law That Revives the Soul
Psalms 27 — The LORD Is My Light — One Fearless Confidence, One Whole Desire, and the Long Discipline of Waiting
Psalms 29 — The Voice That Breaks the Cedars — Seven Thunders, the God of Glory, and the King Enthroned Over the Flood
Psalms 31 — Into Thine Hand — A Lament of Trust, the Rock and House of Defence, and the Spirit Committed to God
Psalms 33 — The Word That Made the Heavens — A New Song for the Creator, the Lord of the Nations, and the Eye That Watches Over Those Who Hope
Abraham 4 — The Gods Organized — the Council Creation, and 'Watched Until They Were Obeyed'
Abraham 5 — The Seventh Day, the Spirit Put Into the Body, and Bone of My Bones
Moses 1 — The Visions of Moses — Endless, the Only Begotten, the Confrontation with Satan, and the Work and the Glory
Moses 2 — I, God, Created — the Restored Creation, the Only Begotten as Agent, and the Seven Days
Moses 3 — Spiritual Before Temporal — the Garden, the Rib, and the One-Flesh Covenant

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Genesis 1:26 in context.