And every [a]plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field, before it grew, for the Lord God had not caused it to [b]rain upon the earth, neither was there a man to till the ground,

But a mist went up from the earth, and watered all the earth.

¶ The Lord God also [c]made the man [d]of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his face breath of life, (A)and the man was a living soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or, tree, as Gen. 21:15.
  2. Genesis 2:5 God only openeth the heavens and shutteth them, he sendeth drought and rain according to his good pleasure.
  3. Genesis 2:7 Or, formed.
  4. Genesis 2:7 He showeth whereof man’s body was created, to the intent that man should not glory in the excellency of his own nature.

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