GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground. The verb “formed” describes a potter fashioning clay into a particular shape. The close relationship between the man and the ground is reflected in the Hebrew words ’adam for man and ’adamah for the ground. living creature. The same Hebrew term is used in Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:24 for sea and land creatures. (See Paul’s quotation of this passage in 1 Corinthians 15:45.)

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