7the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.


In Context

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens-

5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground,

6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground-

7 the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

9 And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground-trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And Jehovah God formeth the man — dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7And 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.