then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature.

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).

20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) because she would become the mother of all the living.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.

Cain and Abel

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[a] a man with the help of the Lord.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten

Cain and Abel

Adam[a] made love to his wife(A) Eve,(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:1 Or The man
  2. Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for brought forth or acquired.
  3. Genesis 4:1 Or have acquired