One Hebrew verb runs through the passage. It is used only of God. And it appears three times in the verse where you were made in His image.

In this letter

- The opening claim — the Bible starts with what kind of God, what kind of world, what kind of creature

- Bara (H1254) walked slow — the verb reserved for divine creation

- The three appearances of bara in the chapter — verse 1, verse 21, verse 27

- Why the making of humans got the verb three times in one verse

- The pattern of speaking, seeing, calling good, blessing, resting

- A direct pastoral landing for the valueless, the world-hating, and the exhausted

Scripture — Genesis 1 (full)

Hebrew word studies

- bara (בָּרָא, Strong's H1254) — to create, to bring ...