And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](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)

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Footnotes

  1. 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).

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[a](A) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:22 Or part