Genesis 2:7

Genesis 2:7

5 before any ^aplant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not ^bcaused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man ^cto till the ground;

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

7 And the Lord God formed man of the ^adust of the ground, and ^bbreathed into his ^cnostrils the breath of life; and ^dman became a living being.

Life in God’s Garden

8 The Lord God planted ^aa garden ^beastward in ^cEden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

9 And out of the ground the Lord God made ^aevery tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. ^bThe tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and ^cevil.

10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.

11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts ^athe whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about the first pair.

formed—had FORMED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND. Science has proved that the substance of his flesh, sinews, and bones, consists of the very same elements as the soil which forms the crust of the earth and the limestone that lies embedded in its bowels. But from that mean material what an admirable structure has been reared in the human body (Psalms 139:14).

the breath of life—literally, of lives, not only animal but spiritual life. If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul with all its varied faculties.

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life—not that the Creator literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium and sign of life, this phrase is used to show that man's life originated in a different way from his body—being implanted directly by God (Ecclesiastes 12:7), and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His disciples (John 20:22).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 2:7:**

Genesis 2:2
Job 1:6
Job 27:3
Job 33:4
Psalms 103:14
1 Corinthians 15:45
1 Corinthians 15:47

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