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Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 2:7 BSB
  1. a Or a living soul; cited in 1 Corinthians 15:45

Genesis 2:7 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 12:7 (44 votes) and Job 33:4 (42 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Genesis 2:7 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:744 votes

    before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  2. Job 33:442 votes

    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:4542 votes

    So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

  4. Isaiah 64:835 votes

    But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

  5. Acts 17:2527 votes

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:4724 votes

    The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

  7. Job 27:322 votes

    as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

  8. Genesis 3:1919 votes

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

  9. Genesis 7:2217 votes

    Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

  10. Psalm 103:1414 votes

    For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

  11. Ecclesiastes 3:20–2114 votes
  12. Zechariah 12:114 votes
  13. Psalm 100:313 votes
  14. Romans 9:2012 votes
  15. Isaiah 2:2211 votes
  16. Genesis 3:2310 votes

    Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

  17. Numbers 16:229 votes
  18. Hebrews 12:99 votes
  19. Job 33:68 votes
  20. Proverbs 20:278 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 2:7?

The 10 strongest of 35.