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And the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
    and the life breath returns to God who gave it.[a](A)

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  1. 12:7 Death is portrayed in terms of the description of creation in Gn 2:7; the body corrupts in the grave, and the life breath (lit., “spirit”), or gift of life, returns to God who had breathed upon what he had formed.

and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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19 By the sweat of your brow
    you shall eat bread,
Until you return to the ground,
    from which you were taken;
For you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.(A)

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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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A limited number of days he gave them,(A)
    but granted them authority over everything on earth.

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