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Wild bushes and plants were not on the earth yet because Yahweh Elohim hadn’t sent rain on the earth. Also, there was no one to farm the land. Instead, underground water would come up from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

Then Yahweh Elohim formed the man from the dust of the earth[a] and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:7 There is a play on words here between Hebrew ʾadam (man) and ʾadamah (earth).

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