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).

19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(A)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!

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19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(A)
    whose foundations(B) are in the dust,(C)
    who are crushed(D) more readily than a moth!(E)

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15 every living thing would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.(A)

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15 all humanity would perish(A) together
    and mankind would return to the dust.(B)

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