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Genesis 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A) 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.(B) 9 Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(C)
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- 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man
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