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Genesis 2:6-8
New International Reader's Version
Genesis 2:6-8
New International Reader's Version
6 But streams came from the earth. They watered the entire surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.
8 The Lord God had planted a garden in the east in Eden. He put in the garden the man he had formed.
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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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