Q.17. How did God create man?

A. After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female;[k] formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground,[l] and the woman of the rib of the man,[m] endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls;[n] made them after his own image,[o] in knowledge,[p] righteousness, and holiness;[q] having the law of God written in their hearts,[r] and power to fulfil it,[s] and dominion over the creatures;[t] yet subject to fall.[v]

[k] Gen. 1:27.

[l] Gen. 2:7.

[m] Gen. 2:22.

[n] Gen. 2:7. Compared with Job 35:11 and with Eccl. 12:7 and with Matt. 10:28 and with Luke 23:43.

[o] Gen. 1:27.

[p] Col. 3:10.

[q] Eph. 4:24.

[r] Rom. 2:14,15.

[s] Eccl. 7:29.

[t] Gen. 1:28.

[v] Gen. 3:6. Eccl. 7:29.