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

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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)

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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).

as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,(A)

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as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(A) in my nostrils,

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The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty(A) gives me life.(B)

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The Spirit(A) of God has made me;(B)
    the breath of the Almighty(C) gives me life.(D)

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