Question

In the first telling of God's creation of human beings in Genesis, God creates

none of these options
man first, and woman from out of his ribs
woman first, to give birth to man
man and woman at the same time

Answer 1

In the first telling of God's creation of human beings in Genesis, the correct option is:

**man and woman at the same time**

This account can be found in Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV):

> Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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> So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.