Genesis 2:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 2:7

Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the groundThe humility and dignity of man“The Lord God formed man,” etc.I. THEN MAN OUGHT NOT TO INDULGE A SPIRIT OF PRIDE. II. THEN MAN OUGHT NOT TO INDULGE A SPIRIT OF HOSTILITY TO GOD. Shall we contend with our Maker, the finite with the infinite? III. THEN MAN SHOULD REMEMBER HIS MORTALITY. “Unto dust shalt thou return.” (J. S. Exell, M. A.)The dust1. The emblem of frailty (Psalms 109:14). 2. The emblem of nothingness (Genesis 18:27). 3.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:7

Gen 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. Ver. 7. Formed man of the dust. ] Not of the rocks of the earth, but dust, that is soon dispersed, to note our frailty, vility, and impurity. Lutum enim conspurcat omnia, sic et caro. a But why should so glorious a soul (called here Neshamah , of affinity to Shamajim , heaven, whence it came) dwell in this corruptible and contemptible body? For... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:7

formed man: Psalms 100:3, Psalms 139:14, Psalms 139:15, Isaiah 64:8 of the dust: Heb. the dust of, etc dust: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:23, Job 4:19, Job 33:6, Psalms 103:14, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Isaiah 64:8, Romans 9:20, 1 Corinthians 15:47, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 5:1 and breathed: Job 27:3, Job 33:4, John 20:22, Acts 17:25 nostrils: Genesis 7:22, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Isaiah 2:22 a living: Numbers 16:22, Numbers 27:16, Proverbs 20:27, Zechariah... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 2:4-7

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

The Generations of the Heavens and the Land, Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 4:26. In chapters 1, and Genesis 2:1-3, the sacred writer gives us his account of the creation of the heavens and the land; he now proceeds to give us their generations, תולרות . His historical standpoint is the day from which these generations start; the day when man was formed of the dust of the ground, and of the breath of life from the heavens. So the first man is conceived of as the product of the heavens and the land... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7

7. Formed man Here occurs for the first time the word יצר , to form . The production of man is here viewed not so much as a creation, but rather as a formation. Comp . note on Genesis 1:1. It is viewed from the standpoint of the generation of the heavens and the land, and conceived as a process: dust… breath of life… living soul. Having passed from the narrative of creation to a narrative of generations, the sacred writer would have us think of man as not merely created by... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7-25

EXCURSUS ON PRIMEVAL MAN. The foregoing narrative of the beginning of human history is singularly simple and free from numerous characteristics of the myths and legends of other nations, as well as from their pantheistic and polytheistic conceptions. “According to the ideas commonly prevailing among the peoples of antiquity,” says Lenormant, “man is regarded as autochthonous, or issued from the earth which bears him. Rarely, in the accounts which treat of his first appearance, do we discover a... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 2:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 2:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 2:4-7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:4-25

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 2:7-25

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