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.
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The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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