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Genesis 2:7

So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life—and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible

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Genesis 2:7 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

WEB World English Bible

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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In context

4 These are the geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created,—in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.

5 Now, no bush of the field, as yet—was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up,—because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground;

6 but, a vapour, went up from the earth,—and watered all the face of the ground.

7 So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life—and man became a living soul.

8 And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east,—and put there the man whom he had formed.

9 And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food,—and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 Now, a river, was coming forth out of Eden, to water the garden,—and, from thence, it parted, and became four heads,

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