Genesis 2:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ And יהוה  Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being.

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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

And Elohim created the man in His image, in the image of Elohim He created him – male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:6

but a mist went up from the earth and watered the entire surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.”

Genesis 3:23

so יהוה  Elohim sent him out of the garden of Ě

Genesis 7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

Job 27:3

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of Eloah in my nostrils,

Job 33:4

The Spirit of Ě

Job 33:6

See, I am like you before Ě

Job 4:19

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Psalm 100:3

Know that יהוה, He is Elohim; He has made us, and we are His – His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 103:14

For He knows how we are made; He remembers that we are dust.

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of a man is the lamp of יהוה, Searching all his inmost parts.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to Elohim who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

Isaiah 2:22

Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for in what is he to be reckoned upon?

Isaiah 64:8

And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of יהוה, Was caught in their pits, In whose shadow we had thought To live among the gentiles.

Ezekiel 37:5

‘Thus said the Master יהוה  to these bones, “See, I am bringing into you a spirit, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:6

“And I shall put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, and cover you with skin and put a spirit in you, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am יהוה.” ’ ”

Zechariah 12:1

The message of the word of יהוה  against Yisra’ĕ

Numbers 16:22

But they fell on their faces, and said, “O Ě

Numbers 27:16

“Let יהוה, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

John 20:22

And having said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Set-apart Spirit.

Acts 17:25

“Nor is He served with men’s hands – as if needing any – Himself giving to all life, and breath, and all else.

Romans 9:20

But who are you, O man, to talk back to Elohim? Shall that which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it has been written, “The first man Aḏ

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Master from heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:7

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power might be of Elohim, and not of us –

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the tent of our earthly house, is destroyed, we have a building from Elohim, a house not made with hands, everlasting in the heavens.

1 Timothy 2:13

Because Aḏ

Hebrews 12:9

Moreover, we indeed had fathers of our flesh disciplining us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?