The Dust
Genesis 2:7
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.


1. The emblem of frailty (Psalm 109:14).

2. The emblem of nothingness (Genesis 18:27).

3. The emblem of defilement (Isaiah 52:2).

4. The emblem of humiliation (Lamentations 3:29; Job 42:6).

5. The emblem of mourning (Joshua 7:6).

6. The emblem of mortality (Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 12:7).

(H. Bonar.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.




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