Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then the Lord God formed man of
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of
Creator » God as » Creator of man
the Earth » Man » Formed out of
Life » The lord being the creator of all life
natural Life » God is the author of
Man » A social being » Creation of
Man » Quickened by the breath of God
Interlinear
'elohiym
Yatsar
'aph
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 2:7
Prayers for Genesis 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Generations Of Heaven And Earth
6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 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. 8 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of 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 the Almighty gives me life.
1 Corinthians 15:45
So 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 how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
Genesis 3:23
Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
Job 27:3
(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Acts 17:25
neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
Numbers 16:22
They fell on their faces, and said, "God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?"
Numbers 27:16
"Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Job 4:19
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
Job 33:6
Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
Psalm 100:3
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 139:14-15
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Zechariah 12:1
An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
John 20:22
When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!
Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?