Quotes & Notes on:
Genesis
2:7
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John Wesley's Notes:
A more particular account of the creation of man, Ge 2:7. Man is a
little world, consisting of heaven and earth, soul and body. Here we
have all account of the original of both, and the putting of both
together: The Lord God, the great fountain of being and power, formed
man. Of the other creatures it is said, they were created and made; but
of man, that he was formed, which notes a gradual process in the work
with great accuracy and exactness. To express the creation of this new
thing, he takes a new word: a word (some think) borrowed from the
potter's forming his vessel upon the wheel. The body of man is curiously
wrought. And the soul takes its rise from the breath of heaven. It came
immediately from God; he gave it to be put into the body, Ec 12:7 as
afterwards he gave the tables of stone of his own writing to be put into
the ark. 'Tis by it that man is a living soul, that is, a living man.
The body would be a worthless, useless carcase, if the soul did not
animate it.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* formed man. Ps 100:3; 139:14,15; Isa 64:8
* of the dust. Heb. the dust of, etc. dust. Ge 3:19,23; Job 4:19; 33:6;
Ps 103:14; Ec 3:7; 12:7; Isa 64:8 Ro 9:20; 1Co 15:47; 2Co 4:7; 5:1
* and breathed. Job 27:3; 33:4; Joh 20:22; Ac 17:25
* nostrils. Ge 7:22; Ec 3:21; Isa 2:22
* a living. Nu 16:22; 27:16; Pr 20:27; Zec 12:1; 1Co 15:45; Heb 12:9
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
God formed man of the dust] In the most distinct manner God shows us
that man is a compound being, having a body and soul distinctly, and
separately created; the body out of the dust of the earth, the soul
immediately breathed from God himself. Does not this strongly mark that
the soul and body are not the same thing? The body derives its origin
from the earth, or as rpe aphar implies, the dust; hence because it is
earthly it is decomposable and perishable. Of the soul it is said, God
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; Myyx tmvn nishmath
chaiyim, the breath of LIVES, i.e., animal and intellectual. While this
breath of God expanded the lungs and set them in play, his inspiration
gave both spirit and understanding.
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Family Bible Notes:
Formed man; Ge 1:1; Heb 1:1-13:25 was not born as men now are, and did
not grow up gradually; but as other things were formed by the power of
God at once, he was created full-grown and perfect.
As the body of man was at first formed from the dust, and all our bodies
must soon return to dust, our chief concern should be for the soul; that
it may be fitted, when it leaves the body, to enter into the presence
and enjoy the favor of God.
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
And the LORD God formed man (e) of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul.
(e) He shows what man's body was created from, to the intent that man
should not glory in the excellency of his own nature.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about the first
pair.
formed--had FORMED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND. Science has proved
that the substance of his flesh, sinews, and bones, consists of the very
same elements as the soil which forms the crust of the earth and the
limestone that lies embedded in its bowels. But from that mean material
what an admirable structure has been reared in the human body (Ps
139:14).
the breath of life--literally, of lives, not only animal but spiritual
life. If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul with all its
varied faculties.
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life--not that the Creator
literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium and sign
of life, this phrase is used to show that man's life originated in a
different way from his body--being implanted directly by God (Ec 12:7),
and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His
disciples (Joh 20:22).
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Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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William Burkitt's Notes:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
(No comment on Genesis 2:7)
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