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According to Genesis 2:7 God did not make a body and put a soul into it like a letter into an envelope of dust; rather he formed man's body from the dust, then, by breathing divine breath into it, he made the body of dust live, i.e. the dust did not embody a soul, but it became a soul – a whole creature. [7]
At Gen 2:7 nephesh is used as description of man. Job 12:7–10 parallels the words רוח and נפׁש (nephesh): “In His hand is the life (nephesh) of every living thing and the spirit (ruah) of every human being.” The Hebrew term nephesh chayyah is often translated "living soul". [6] Chayyah alone is often translated living thing or animal.
Trichotomists see in Genesis 2:7 the first implications of the constituents of man's nature. [1] Delitzsch, commenting on this passage, says, "We cannot consider with sufficient care Gen. 2:7; for this one verse is of such deep significance that interpretation can never exhaust it: it is the foundation of all true anthropology and psychology."
The Book of Genesis 2:7 states, "Then 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 being" [15] [New Revised Standard Version translation]. In context, though, it is important to note that there are two creation stories in Genesis: the one just mentioned in 2:7 ...
Genesis 1:1–11,13–22; 2:6–7 Hebrew Hasmonean Fragments of Genesis about Creation [130] [139] 4QGen h /4QGen h1: 4Q8 Genesis 1:8–10 Hebrew Herodian Fragments of Genesis about the beginning to early mankind. [140] [141] 4QGen h2: 4Q8a Genesis 2:17–18 [140] [142] 4QGen h-para: 4Q8b Genesis 12:4–5 A paraphrase of Genesis [140] [143 ...
"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." (cf. Gen 2:7) The text of Genesis 2:7 clearly states that God breathed into the formed man the "breath of life" and man became a living soul. He did not receive a living soul; he became one.
Genesis 2 narrates that God places the man, Adam, in a garden with trees whose fruits he may eat, but forbids him to eat from "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". God forms a woman, Eve, after this command is given. In Genesis 3, a serpent persuades Eve to eat from its forbidden fruit and she also lets Adam taste
They cite, among other passages, Genesis 2:7, which reads: "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". [57] The early Church held various views on the subject, mostly either that ensoulment occurs at conception or one of delayed hominization.