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Genesis 2:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 2:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the Lord God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man[a] to till the ground,
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- 2:5 Man: the Hebrew word ’adam is a generic term meaning “human being.” In chaps. 2–3, however, the archetypal human being is understood to be male (Adam), so the word ’adam is translated “man” here.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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