Genesis 2:7 - Plain English Version

⁷ God took some dirt, and he made a man out of it. Then God breathed into the man’s nose, and God’s breath gave him life. So that man became a living person.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. [I Cor. 15:45-49.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Common English Bible

⁷ the LORD God formed the human from the topsoil of the fertile land and blew life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 Cross References

Genesis 1:27

So God made people to be like himself. He made them man and woman.

Genesis 2:6

Water used to come up from under the ground and wet the top of all the ground.

Genesis 3:19

You will work very hard to get your food, so you will get hot, and you will sweat a lot. And later on, you will die. I made you from the dirt, and after you die, your body will turn back into dirt.”

Genesis 3:23

So God hunted them out of the garden. To get food, they had to dig the ground and grow plants. You know, God made that man out of the ground, and after they left the garden, that man had to dig that same ground.

Genesis 7:22

They all died, everything that breathed air and lived on the ground.

John 20:22

Then Jesus breathed on them and said, “Take the Holy Spirit that I’m giving to you.

Acts 17:25

And he doesn’t need us to do anything for him. You see, he is the one that makes us alive, and he gives us our breath, and he gives us everything we need.

1 Corinthians 15:45

This is what God says in his book, “The 1st man, Adam, became a living person.” But we can think of Jesus, that he is the last Adam. You see, he is the spirit that makes people alive.

1 Corinthians 15:47

And think about Adam. He was the 1st man, and he came from the ground. But Jesus, the 2nd man, came from heaven.

1 Timothy 2:13

You see, God made people a long time ago, and he made the man first. His name was Adam. After that, he made the woman. Her name was Eve.