7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.
And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious. My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again. Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
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Commentary on Genesis 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
This chapter is an appendix to the history of the creation, more particularly explaining and enlarging upon that part of the history which relates immediately to man, the favourite of this lower world. We have in it,
Gen 2:1-3
We have here,
Gen 2:4-7
In these verses,
Gen 2:8-15
Man consisting of body and soul, a body made out of the earth and a rational immortal soul the breath of heaven, we have, in these verses, the provision that was made for the happiness of both; he that made him took care to make him happy, if he could but have kept himself so and known when he was well off. That part of man by which he is allied to the world of sense was made happy; for he was put in the paradise of God: that part by which he is allied to the world of spirits was well provided for; for he was taken into covenant with God. Lord, what is man that he should be thus dignified-man that is a worm! Here we have,
Gen 2:16-17
Observe here,
Thus easy, thus happy, was man in a state of innocency, having all that heart could wish to make him so. How good was God to him! How many favours did he load him with! How easy were the laws he gave him! How kind the covenant he made with him! Yet man, being in honour, understood not his own interest, but soon became as the beasts that perish.
Gen 2:18-20
Here we have,
Gen 2:21-25
Here we have,