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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.

Genesis 2:7

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 4-7)

In these verses, I. Here is a name given to the Creator which we have not yet met with, and that is Jehovah —the LORD, in capital letters, which are constantly used in our English translation to intimate that in the original it is Jehovah . All along, in the first chapter, he was called Elohim—a God of power ; but now Jehovah Elohim—a God of power and perfection , a finishing God. As we find him k...

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