Genesis 2:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • Job 33:4 : 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Ps 103:14 : 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Acts 17:25 : 25 Nor is He worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things;
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
  • Gen 7:22 : 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died.
  • Job 27:3 : 3 As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
  • Gen 3:23 : 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
  • Eccl 3:20-21 : 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
  • Ps 139:14-15 : 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.
  • Job 33:6 : 6 Behold, I am in your place before God; I also am formed out of clay.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, says the LORD, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • John 20:22 : 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much less in those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?
  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will You be angry with all the congregation?
  • Prov 20:27 : 27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
  • Eccl 3:7 : 7 A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Num 27:16 : 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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    18And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.

    19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

    20And Adam gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

    21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.

    22And with the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, He made a woman and brought her to the man.

    23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Gen 2:8-9
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    8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

    9And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  • Gen 2:4-6
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    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

    5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.

    6But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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    1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

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    15And the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

  • 1 Cor 15:45
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    45And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

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    19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

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    5Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live:

    6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

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    7Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

  • Job 12:10
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    10In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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    22Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:

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    4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

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    47The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

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    22Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

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    10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

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    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

  • Job 34:14-15
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    14If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath,

    15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.

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    22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

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    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.

  • Ps 104:29-30
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    29You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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    21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

  • Job 27:3
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    3As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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