Genesis 2:7

In 11 translations

BSB

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.Or a living soul; cited in 1 Corinthians 15:45

KJV

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.of the dust…: Heb. dust of the ground

WEB

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

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.

LSV

And YHWH God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breathes into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becomes a living creature.

YLT

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.

DBY

And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

DRC

And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

GNV

The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breathed in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.

JPS

Then 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.

LXXE

And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul.

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WLC

וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν.

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• Adam and Eve: the garden and the fall God places the man in Eden and forbids him to eat from one tree. A serpent challenges the death warning; the woman and her husband eat, blam…

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
• 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
• Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
• Acts 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
• 1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
• Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Genesis 7:22Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
• Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• Ecclesiastes 3:20–21All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
• Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
• Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Genesis 3:23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

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