(A) Och Herren Gud formade människan av jord[a] från marken och blåste in livsande i hennes näsa. Så blev människan en levande varelse.

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  1. 2:7 människan … jord   På hebreiska adám … adamá.

Then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the (B)man became a living [a]person.

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  1. Genesis 2:7 Or soul

then the Lord God formed the man[a] out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)

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  1. 2:7 God is portrayed as a potter molding the human body out of earth. There is a play on words in Hebrew between ’adam (“human being,” “man”) and ’adama (“ground”). It is not enough to make the body from earth; God must also breathe into the man’s nostrils. A similar picture of divine breath imparted to human beings in order for them to live is found in Ez 37:5, 9–10; Jn 20:22. The Israelites did not think in the (Greek) categories of body and soul.