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References to Creation of Humans, Either Generally or Individually

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27).


“This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God” (Genesis 5:1).


“Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created” (Genesis 5:2).


“So the Lord said, ‘I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them’” (Genesis 6:7).


“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of” (Deuteronomy 4:32).


“Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!” (Psalm 89:47).


“Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord” (Psalm 102:18).


“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’” (Ecclesiastes 12:1).


“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine’” (Isaiah 43:1).


“Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made” (Isaiah 43:7).


“I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King” (Isaiah 43:15).


“I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host” (Isaiah 45:12).


“Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy” (Isaiah 54:16).


“Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?” (Malachi 2:10).


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