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Let us. The Divine purpose is here stated. The Divine act not described till Gen_2:7, Gen_2:21-24.
man. Hebrew. 'adam (no Art.) = mankind.
image . . . likeness. Figure of speech Hendiadys. App-6. One thing, not two = "In the likeness of our image", viz. of Elohim (not Jehovah), the 2nd person, who had taken creature form in order to create (Col_1:15. Heb_1:3. Rev_3:14; compare Pro_8:22-31, and 1Co_11:3-11). Refers only to outward form, not to attributes. So He afterward took human form in order to redeem (Joh_1:14). Compare Rev_4:11 with Rev_5:9. In any case the "image and likeness" is physical, not moral. Man fell and is a moral ruin, but some physical likeness to 'elohim still remains. Compare Gen_9:6. 1Co_11:7. Jam_3:9. No indication that that similitude was ever lost. Gen_5:3. See note on Gen_3:7.
and. Note Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) here, and throughout the Introduction (see Gen_1:2), emphasizing the Divine purpose.