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Gen. 2:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord God formed man δof thed dust of the ground, and breathede into hisf nostrils the breath of life; and mang became a living soul.

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dust of the ground.

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Gen. 3:19• ¹⁹In 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. (Gen. 3:19)

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Psa. 103:14• ¹⁴For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. (Psa. 103:14)

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Isa. 64:8• ⁸But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)

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1 Cor. 15:47• ⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. (1 Cor. 15:47)

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Job 33:4• ⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4)

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Isa. 2:22• ²²Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? (Isa. 2:22)

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1 Cor. 15:45• ⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)

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formed man.

Psa. 100:3• ³Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Psa. 100:3)

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Psa. 139:14‑15• ¹⁴I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
¹⁵My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (Psa. 139:14‑15)

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Isa. 64:8• ⁸But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)

of the dust.

Heb. the dust of, etc.

dust.

Gen. 3:19,23• ¹⁹In 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.
²³Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. (Gen. 3:19,23)

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Job 4:19• ¹⁹How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? (Job 4:19)

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Job 33:6• ⁶Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. (Job 33:6)

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Psa. 103:14• ¹⁴For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. (Psa. 103:14)

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Eccl. 3:7,20• ⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
²⁰All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. (Eccl. 3:7,20)

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Eccl. 12:7• ⁷Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Eccl. 12:7)

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Isa. 64:8• ⁸But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)

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Rom. 9:20• ²⁰Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Rom. 9:20)

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1 Cor. 15:47• ⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. (1 Cor. 15:47)

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2 Cor. 4:7• ⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (2 Cor. 4:7)

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2 Cor. 5:1• ¹For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Cor. 5:1)

and breathed.

Job 27:3• ³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; (Job 27:3)

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Job 33:4• ⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4)

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John 20:22• ²²And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: (John 20:22)

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Acts 17:25• ²⁵Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; (Acts 17:25)

nostrils.

Gen. 7:22• ²²All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. (Gen. 7:22)

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Eccl. 3:21• ²¹Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? (Eccl. 3:21)

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Isa. 2:22• ²²Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? (Isa. 2:22)

a living.

Num. 16:22• ²²And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? (Num. 16:22)

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Num. 27:16• ¹⁶Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, (Num. 27:16)

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Prov. 20:27• ²⁷The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. (Prov. 20:27)

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Zech. 12:1• ¹The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. (Zech. 12:1)

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1 Cor. 15:45• ⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)

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Heb. 12:9• ⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? (Heb. 12:9)

• Man was, by his existence, in immediate relationship with God, as deriving his life immediately from Himself; hence he is called in Acts 17 the offspring of God, and in Luke it is said, “The [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.” (“Genesis 2” by J.N. Darby)

• a living soul, not as other creatures by creative power only, but he only by Jehovah Elohim breathing into his nostrils. (“Woman”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.