No, this is not a tribute to the Veggie Tales… (Though I do love those guys.)
Rather, it is an observation from The Geneva Bible on the creation of man. Observe how God creates the other creatures of the earth:
Genesis 1:2020 And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” (ESV)
Genesis 1:2424 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. (ESV)
And now, notice how God creates Man:
Genesis 1:2626 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (ESV)
While He commands the other creatures to be “brought forth,” with Man, he says “Let Us make…” There is definitely a special, distinct act performed here which is not the same as the other creatures.
Or, as the Geneva Bible states it:
God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he saith, Let us make: signifying, that God taketh counsel with his wisdom and virtue, purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation.
Truly, God made you special.
