Genesis 2:7
Douay-Rheims
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
H. P. "Nostrils." The breathing of God must not be materially understood, since He is a pure Spirit. It is meant to denote His action, by which He imparted life to organized matter. 13 1 Cor. 16 : 45. Man became animated, and like to God, by the faculties of his soul, especially intel- ligence and free-will. '
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1863 · Genesis 2:7
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