In Gen 1:27 the subject is “mankind” therefore the “them” Gen 1:28 refers to “mankind”.
In translation, maybe. In the original – or even in the Greek Septuagint – not so much.
The reason i changed “man”, " him" and " them" to " mankind" is to make the verse clearer.
Changing the words of Scripture, eh? Never a good approach…
Here’s what it
really says, in Greek and in Latin:
First, Greek:
(and) καὶ
((he) made) ἐποίησεν
(God) ὁ θεὸς
(the human) τὸν ἄνθρωπον
(in the image) κα{T’} εἰκόνα
(of God) θεοῦ
((he) made) ἐποίησεν
(him) αὐτόν
(male) ἄρσεν
(and) καὶ
(female) θῆλυ
((he) made) ἐποίησεν
(them) αὐτούς
“And God made [hu]man; in the image of God (he) made him. Male and female (he) made them.”
The Latin is only slightly different:
Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et feminam creavit eos.
“And God created [hu]man in his image: in the image of God (he) created him, male and female (he) created them.”
So, in both cases, “him” is used to describe the noun for “human” (which is in the singular), but “them” is used to describe “male and female”.
In other words, when we see “them”, it refers explicitly to the referent in the previous sentence – “male and female”.
Moreover, the blessing (
increase,
be multiplied) is a blessing in the
plural. If the Garden of Eden were located just south of Georgia, the verse would read “ya’ll increase and ya’ll be multiplied”. It’s not a blessing given in the singular, but in the plural – that is, to the
man and the
woman.
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.”
First point , this is after the fall.After Eve has been taken our of Adam.
You’re mistaken. The fall happens in chapter 3. I’m quoting to you from chapter 2.
Second point, “become one body”, in the “regeneration” we will be merged into one flesh as we were originally intended to be.
Again, you’re inaccurate. The writer is talking about
now, not in the
eschaton. When Jesus quotes this verse explicitly, He identifies that it has been this way
since the beginning, not
in the future.
Sorry. I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re just plain mistaken here.
