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Genesis 2:6-8
International Standard Version
Genesis 2:6-8
International Standard Version
6 Instead, an underground stream[a] would arise out of the earth and water the surface of the ground. 7 So the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs,[b] and the man became a living being.
8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, toward[c] the east, where he placed the man whom he had formed.
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- Genesis 2:6 Or mist
- Genesis 2:7 Lit. nostrils
- Genesis 2:8 Lit. in
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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