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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)

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  1. 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man

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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  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).

45 Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.(A)

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45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[a];(A) the last Adam,(B) a life-giving spirit.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)

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  1. 12.7 Or the spirit

and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
    we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.(A)

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Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)

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The spirit of God has made me,
    and the breath of the Almighty[a] gives me life.(A)

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  1. 33.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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

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25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(A)

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25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(A)

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19 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”(A)

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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14 For he knows how we were made;
    he remembers that we are dust.(A)

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14 for he knows how we are formed,(A)
    he remembers that we are dust.(B)

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as long as my breath is in me
    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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

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47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is[a] from heaven.(A)

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  1. 15.47 Other ancient authorities add the Lord

47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;(A) the second man is of heaven.(B)

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22 everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.(A)

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22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life(A) in its nostrils died.

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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)

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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

23 therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.(A)

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23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(A) to work the ground(B) from which he had been taken.

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