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.


In Context

4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.

5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

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

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

8 Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow 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 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7the 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.

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 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.