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).

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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This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,(A)
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,(B)
who gives breath to the people on it
and life[a] to those who walk on it(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:5 Lit spirit

This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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