Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Genesis 2:7

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
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.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 24 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 27 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 7

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 1 from verse 7
    Open

    7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  2. Job 33:4Rank 2 from verse 7
    Open

    4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:45Rank 3 from verse 7
    Open

    45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

  4. Isaiah 64:8Rank 4 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  5. Acts 17:25Rank 5 from verse 7
    Open

    25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:47Rank 6 from verse 7
    Open

    47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

  7. Job 27:3Rank 7 from verse 7
    Open

    3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  8. Genesis 3:19Rank 8 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  9. Genesis 7:22Rank 9 from verse 7
    Open

    22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

  10. Ecclesiastes 3:20–21Rank 10 from verse 7
    Open

    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

  11. Psalms 103:14Rank 11 from verse 7
    Open

    14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

  12. Zechariah 12:1Rank 12 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  13. Psalms 100:3Rank 13 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  14. Romans 9:20Rank 14 from verse 7
    Open

    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?

  15. Isaiah 2:22Rank 15 from verse 7
    Open

    22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  16. Genesis 3:23Rank 16 from verse 7
    Open

    23Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

  17. Hebrews 12:9Rank 17 from verse 7
    Open

    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?

  18. Numbers 16:22Rank 18 from verse 7
    Open

    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?

  19. Proverbs 20:27Rank 19 from verse 7
    Open

    27The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

  20. Job 33:6Rank 20 from verse 7
    Open

    6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

  21. 2 Corinthians 5:1Rank 21 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  22. Job 4:19Rank 22 from verse 7
    Open

    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

  23. Psalms 139:14–15Rank 23 from verse 7
    Open

    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.

  24. 2 Corinthians 4:7Rank 24 from verse 7
    Open

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  25. John 20:22Rank 25 from verse 7
    Open

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

  26. Numbers 27:16Rank 26 from verse 7
    Open

    16Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

  27. Ecclesiastes 3:7Rank 27 from verse 7
    Open

    7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 2:7

COMBINED MEANING

formed

↗

Made, shaped, fashioned, created, arranged, or brought into the intended being, body, people, purpose, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

↗

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ground

↗

Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

breath

↗

Sense 1: Air drawn in or breathed out. Sense 2: The breath by which bodily life is sustained; by extension, bodily life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

living

↗

Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

↗

Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Suggested context · Genesis 2:4–7

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

2:4¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

2:5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

2:6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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.

Selected passage

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.