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(A)Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet grown, (B)for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to [a]cultivate the ground. But a [b]stream would rise from the earth and water the whole [c]surface of the ground. Then Yahweh God formed man of (C)dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the (D)man became a living [d]being.

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  1. Genesis 2:5 Lit serve
  2. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
  3. Genesis 2:6 Lit face of
  4. Genesis 2:7 Lit soul

before any (A)plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not (B)caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man (C)to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

And the Lord God formed man of the (D)dust of the ground, and (E)breathed into his (F)nostrils the breath of life; and (G)man became a living being.

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Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[a] and no plant had yet sprung up,(A) for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth(B) and there was no one to work the ground, but streams[b] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the Lord God formed(C) a man[c](D) from the dust(E) of the ground(F) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(G) of life,(H) and the man became a living being.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6
  2. Genesis 2:6 Or mist
  3. 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).