Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

New American Standard Bible

Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

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.

Holman Bible

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

International Standard Version

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

A Conservative Version

And 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.

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.

Amplified

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah God will form man of the dust from the earth, and will blow into his nostrils the breath of lives, and man shall be for a living soul.

King James 2000

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.

Modern King James verseion

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.

NET Bible

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The Emphasized Bible

So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul.

Webster

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.

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.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 62

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

of

among, with, from, that not, since, after, at, by, whether
Usage: 0

the ground
אדמה 
'adamah 
Usage: 225

and breathed
נפח 
Naphach 
Usage: 12

the breath
נשׁמה 
N@shamah 
Usage: 24

of life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

and man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 2:7

Images Genesis 2:7

Prayers for Genesis 2:7

Context Readings

The Generations Of Heaven And Earth

6 but a stream [would] rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground-- 7 when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.



Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Job 33:4

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

1 Corinthians 15:45

Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.

Psalm 103:14

For he knows our frame. He remembers that we [are] dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

Isaiah 64:8

Yet now Yahweh, you [are] our father; we [are] the clay and you [are] our {potter}, and we all [are] the work of your hand.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man [is] from the earth, made of earth; the second man [is] from heaven.

Genesis 3:23

And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22

Everything in whose nostrils [was] {the breath of life}, among all that [was] on dry land, died.

Job 27:3

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

Isaiah 2:22

Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?

Acts 17:25

nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.

Numbers 16:22

And they fell on their faces, and they said, "God, God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and you become angry toward the entire community?"

Numbers 27:16

"Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community

Job 4:19

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.

Job 33:6

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay.

Psalm 100:3

Know that Yahweh, he [is] God; he made us and we are his. [We are] his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 139:14-15

I praise you, because I am fearfully [and] wonderfully [made]. Wonderful [are] your works, and my soul knows [it] well.

Proverbs 20:27

The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

Ecclesiastes 3:20-21

Both go to one place--both came from dust and both return to dust.

Zechariah 12:1

An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. "{Thus declares} Yahweh, who stretches out [the] heavens, founds [the] earth, and forms the spirit of humankind in its midst:

John 20:22

And [when he] had said this, he breathed on [them] and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

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