Genesis 2:7

The Passion Translation

Yahweh-God scooped up a lump of soil, sculpted a man, and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The man came alive—a living soul!

Cross References

Genesis 1:27

So God created man and woman and shaped them with his image inside them. In his own beautiful image, he created his masterpiece. Yes, male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:6

In those days a mist arose from the soil and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 3:19

You will painfully toil and sweat to produce food to eat, until your body—taken from the ground—returns to the ground. For you are from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 3:23

Therefore, Yahweh-God expelled him from Eden’s paradise to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22

Everything perished—every animal on earth with the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Psalm 100:3

And realize what this really means— we have the privilege of worshiping Yahweh our God. For he is our Creator and we belong to him. We are the people of his pleasure.

Psalm 103:14

You know all about us, inside and out. You are mindful that we’re made from dust.

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit God breathed into man is like a living lamp, a shining light searching into the innermost chamber of our being.

Isaiah 2:22

So once and for all, stop trusting in man, who is but one breath from death—frail and puny man!

Isaiah 64:8

Yet still, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are like clay and you are our Potter. Each one of us is the creative, artistic work of your hands.

Lamentations 4:20

They captured Yahweh’s anointed leader, our king; the hope of our survival was caught in their traps. We thought that under his protective shadow we would live among the nations.

Ezekiel 37:5

Lord Yahweh says to you: “ ‘I am now going to breathe into you, and you will live again!

Ezekiel 37:6

I will attach muscles and sinews to you. I will make flesh grow on you. I will cover you with skin. I am going to breathe into you, and you will live again. And you will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

John 20:22

Then, taking a deep breath, he blew on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 17:25

He supplies life and breath and all things to every living being. He doesn’t lack a thing that we mortals could supply for him, for he has all things and everything he needs.

Romans 9:20

But who do you think you are to second-guess God? How could a human being molded out of clay say to the one who molded him, “Why in the world did you make me this way?”

1 Corinthians 15:45

For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:7

We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We are convinced that even if these bodies we live in are folded up at death like tents, we will still have a God-built home that no human hands have built, which will last forever in the heavenly realm.

1 Timothy 2:13

For God formed Adam first, then Eve.

Hebrews 12:9

And isn’t it true that we respect our earthly fathers even though they corrected and disciplined us? Then we should demonstrate an even greater respect for God, our spiritual Father, as we submit to his life-giving discipline.