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Genesis 2:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 2:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 But a mist went up from the earth, and watered all the earth.
7 ¶ The Lord God also [a]made the man [b]of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his face breath of life, (A)and the man was a living soul.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in [c]Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.
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- Genesis 2:7 Or, formed.
- 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.
- Genesis 2:8 This was the name of a place, as some think in Mesopotamia, most pleasant and abundant in all things.
Genesis 2:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 2:6-8
New International Version
6 but streams[a] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[b](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)
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(H) and there he put the man he had formed.
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
- 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).
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