So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
The repetition of God's image is no idle thing; it shows divine goodness beyond measure and reminds us of the heights from which we have fallen, that we may long for recovery. When Moses adds that God made them male and female, he declares the woman was given as man's companion so both might become one, he was incomplete without her.
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Man was made last of all, yet this was both honor and favor: honor, because creation advanced from less to more perfect; favor, because the palace had to be finished and furnished before its master arrived. He beheld the whole creation ready for his contemplation and use.
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Commenting on Genesis 1:26-28
God's image in man includes his erect form, his immortal soul and intellectual powers, the holiness and righteousness of his nature, and his dominion over creatures as God's viceregent. One male and one female were created to show that hereafter a man should have but one wife.
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