Kejadian 1:27

1:27 God created humankind ¹  in his own image,

in the image of God he created them, ² 

male and female he created them. ³ 

Matius 19:4

19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, ⁴ 

Markus 10:6

10:6 But from the beginning of creation he ⁵  made them male and female. ⁶ 

Galatia 3:28

3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ⁷  nor free, there is neither male nor female ⁸  – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

[1:27]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has the article prefixed to the noun (הָאָדָם, ha’adam). The article does not distinguish man from woman here (“the man” as opposed to “the woman”), but rather indicates previous reference (see v. 26, where the noun appears without the article). It has the same function as English “the aforementioned.”

[1:27]  ² tn The third person suffix on the particle אֵת (’et) is singular here, but collective.

[1:27]  ³ sn The distinction of “humankind” as “male” and “female” is another point of separation in God’s creation. There is no possibility that the verse is teaching that humans were first androgynous (having both male and female physical characteristics) and afterward were separated. The mention of male and female prepares for the blessing to follow.

[19:4]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.

[10:6]  ⁵ tc Most mss have ὁ θεός (Jo qeo", “God”) as the explicit subject of ἐποίησεν (epoihsen, “he made”; A D W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy), while the most important witnesses, along with a few others, lack ὁ θεός (א B C L Δ 579 2427 co). On the one hand, it is possible that the shorter reading is an assimilation to the wording of the LXX of Gen 1:27b where ὁ θεός is lacking. However, since it is mentioned at the beginning of the verse (Gen 1:27a) with ἐποίησεν scribes may have been motivated to add it in Mark to make the subject clear. Further, confusion could easily arise in this dominical saying, because Moses was the previously mentioned subject (v. 5) and inattentive readers might regard him as the subject of ἐποίησεν in v. 6. Thus, both on internal and external grounds, the most probable wording of the original text here lacked ὁ θεός.

[10:6]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.

[3:28]  ⁷ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 1:10.

[3:28]  ⁸ tn Grk “male and female.”