Genesis 2:7 meaning and explanation
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7, Berean Standard Bible
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In Genesis 2 the LORD God, the covenant name used from verse 4 onward, is the speaker and actor, shaping the man before the garden is planted. The verb “formed” pictures a potter working clay, and the Hebrew word for man, adam, sounds like adamah, the ground or soil from which he is taken.
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