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.

Read full chapter

Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Read full chapter

17 I am going to bring floodwaters(A) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(B)

Read full chapter

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Read full chapter

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(A)

Read full chapter

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Read full chapter

22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(A) in its nostrils died.

Read full chapter