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though a stream rose from the earth and watered all of the fertile land— the Lord God formed the human[a] from the topsoil of the fertile land[b] and blew life’s breath into his nostrils. The human came to life. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east and put there the human he had formed.

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  1. Genesis 2:7 Heb adam
  2. Genesis 2:7 Heb adamah

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