KJV King James Version
And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah God formeth the man—dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
Surrounding context — Genesis 2
4 These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּיצֶר֩H3335 · ya.tsarto form: formedיְהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהִ֜יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽאָדָ֗םH120 · a.dammanעָפָר֙H6083 · a.phardustמִן־H4480 · minfromהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilוַיִּפַּ֥חH5301 · na.phachto breatheבְּאַפָּ֖יוH639 · aphface: angerנִשְׁמַ֣תH5397 · ne.sha.mahbreathחַיִּ֑יםH2416 · chayaliveוַֽיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beהָֽאָדָ֖םH120 · a.dammanלְנֶ֥פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulחַיָּֽה׃H2416 · chayalive
Cross-references
Job 33:4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;1 Corinthians 15:47The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.Job 27:3All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 7:22All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.Ecclesiastes 3:20-21All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.Psalm 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.Psalm 100:3Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Romans 9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?Genesis 3:23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.Numbers 16:22And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?Hebrews 12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
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