Then 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)

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Footnotes

  1. 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).

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.

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(A) to work the ground(B) from which he had been taken.

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23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(A)
    whose foundations(B) are in the dust,(C)
    who are crushed(D) more readily than a moth!(E)

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19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

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I am the same as you in God’s sight;(A)
    I too am a piece of clay.(B)

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Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

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