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before any plant of the field was[a] on earth, and before any plant of the field[b] had sprung up, because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no human being to cultivate the ground, but a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground— when[c] Yahweh God formed the man[d] of dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Literally “and every plant of the field not yet was”
  2. Genesis 2:5 Literally “and every plant of the field not yet”
  3. Genesis 2:7 Or “and”
  4. Genesis 2:7 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article