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Genesis 2:7-8
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7 then the Lord God formed the man of (A)dust from the ground and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life, and (D)the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a (E)garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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7 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)

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(H) and there he put the man he had formed.

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  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).
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