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In 1 Clement, the author quotes the making of humans from Genesis 1 in the Greek Septuagint translation as the last and greatest work of a God who takes joy in his works, so that people made in his image have no excuse to stop doing good.
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LXX Genesis 1:26
Septuagint
26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind according to our image and according to likeness, and let them rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth. 27 And God made humankind; according to divine image he made it; male and female he made them. 28 And God blessed them, saying, “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and all the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth.”
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 33:5
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
4 Above all, as the most excellent and exceedingly great work of His intelligence, with His sacred and faultless hands He formed man in the impress of His own image. 5 For thus says God “Let us make man after our image and after our likeness.” And God made man; male and female He made them. 6 So having finished all these things, He praised them and blessed them and said, “Increase and multiply.” 7 We have seen that all the righteous were adorned in good works. Yes and the Lord Himself having adorned Himself with worlds rejoiced. 8 Seeing then that we have this pattern, let us conform ourselves with all diligence to His will; let us with all our strength work the work of righteousness.
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Notes and References
“... See quotations of LXX Gen 1.26-27 in 1 Clem 33.5, and LXX Gen 1.28 in 1 Clem 33.6. [...] In large part this portion of the text is a reiteration of the establishment of boundaries as outlined more extensively in 1 Clement 20, with the fixing and regulating of the heavens (οὐρανοί), and the separation (διαχωρίζω) of earth (γῆ) from the waters (ὕδωρ). The most interesting point of resemblance is the use of διαχωρίζω. It is quite apparent that the author of 1 Clement does not have the use of this verb in LXX Gen 1.4 in mind. ...”
Giere, S. D.
A New Glimpse of Day One: Intertextuality, History of Interpretation, and Genesis 1.1-5
(p. 259, 261) Walter de Gruyter, 2009
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