Genesis 2:7-8

New International Version

⁷Then 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)

⁸Now 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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Footnotes

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).

Genesis 1:29

New International Version

²⁹Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.^(A)

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Genesis 1:29 in all English translations

Genesis 2:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden^(A) to work it and take care of it. ¹⁶And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;^(B) ¹⁷but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,^(C) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”^(D)