Genesis 1-2:3 2011 Larry F.

Hodges
Genes|s 1123

ADAM uependlng on how lL ls used Lhe Pebrew word oJom can mean mookloJ o moo ot o pottlcolot
moo lL ls relaLed Lo Lhe word oJomob whlch means red earLh When Cenesls 27 says LhaL Lhe LC8u
Cod formed Lhe moo

from Lhe dusL of Lhe ground lL llLerally says LhaL Lhe LC8u Cod formed Lhe oJom
from Lhe dusL of Lhe oJomob Cne way Lo reproduce Lhls play on words ln Lngllsh ls Lo LranslaLe Lhls as
Lhe LC8u Cod formed Lhe eottblloq from Lhe dusL of Lhe eottb" ln Cenesls 1 Lhe Pebrew word oJom ls
used Lwlce (126 27) ln boLh cases Lhe correcL sense of Lhe LranslaLlon seems Lo be oJom as manklnd
(bomoos eottblloqs) noL as a speclflc lndlvldual

What can we |earn from Genes|s 1 about ourse|ves?

We are made (fash|oned des|gned crafted) by God (Genes|s 12627)
O Lach of us ls a unlque creaLlon (flnger prlnLs reLlna)

We are made |n the |mage and ||keness of God (Genes|s 12627)
O We are unlque from Lhe resL of creaLlon 1here ls someLhlng of Cod ln us
O Lvery human belng has worLh value and slgnlflcance
O esus ls Lhe perfecL llkeness of Cod (ohn 149)

We are made ma|e and fema|e (Genes|s 12627 S12)
O When Cod creaLed man (adam) he made hlm ln Lhe llkeness of Cod Pe creaLed Lhem male and
female and blessed Lhem And when Lhey were creaLed he called Lhem adam (Cenesls 31b2)
O oLh male and female ln made ln Lhe lmage and llkeness of Cod
O 1he lnpuL of boLh genders ls requlred Lo fully reflecL who and whaL Cod made us Lo be as
adam"

We are to|d to ru|e over the earth (126b 28)
O esus ruled over Lhe earLh (MaLLhew 82327)
O esus ruled over slckness and dlsease (MaLLhew 423)
O esus ruled over physlcal needs (Luke 91217)
O WhaL Pe dld we are capable of dolng (ohn 1412)

We were b|essed by God at creat|on (128 32)
O Abraham Lhe laLher" of Lhe Pebrews was blessed by Cod and all peoples of Lhe earLh would
be blessed Lhrough hlm (Cenesls 1213 AcLs 323)
O Abraham's blesslng and our own come Lhrough bellevlng Cod (Cenesls 136 CalaLlans 369)
O WhaL does lL mean Lo be blessed? (ueuLeronomy 28114)