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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel Dieu forma l'homme de la poussière de la terre, il souffla dans ses narines un souffle de vie et l'homme devint un être vivant.
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.
Rufinus Aquileiensis
Provinciae Palestinae Liber De Fide [Incertus]
limo terroe, et insufflavit in faciem ejus spiritum vitae, et factus est homo in animam vi- ventem (Gen. 2. 7.). XXIV. Homo igitur ideo potior omnibus est, quo- niam sensibilem et rationalem animam habere, di- gnoscitur, ei eam liberi arbitrii. Ergo quasi pruden- tes Moysem audia…
Philo Judaeus
De Opificio Mundi
πλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον χοῦν λαβὼν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς" (Gen. 2, 7). ἐναργέστατα καὶ διὰ τούτου παρίστησιν ὅτι διαφορὰ παμμεγέθης ἐστὶ τοῦ τε νῦν πλασθέντος ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα θεοῦ γεγονότος πρότερον· ὁ μὲν γὰρ διαπλασθεὶς…
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
νικὴν] γενικὴν Arm 27 χοῦν λαβὼν U: λαβὼν οm. ceteri 28 γῆς] χθονὸς UFL ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν“ (Gen. 2,7). διττὰ ἀνθρώπων γένη· ὁ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν οὐράνιος ἄνθρωπος, ὁ δὲ γήϊνος. ὁ μὲν οὖν οὐράνιος ἅτε κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ γεγονὼς φθαρτῆς καὶ συνόλως γεώδους οὐσίας ἀμέτοχος, ὁ δὲ γ…
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