All it is saying is that Adam was dust FROM the ground. Here is the literal translation::
Gen 2:7 And forming is Yahweh Elohim --- the human of soil from the ground, --- and He is blowing into his nostrils the breath of the living, and becoming is the human a living soul.
So our question...
Let's 's take your translation::
And Jehove Elohim (God) created the man(Adam) dirt from the earth, and God "blew" life into him.
It would be like saying ....
And Jehove Elohim (God) created the man(Adam) --- [dirt from the earth being,] --- and God "blew" life into him.
So our question...
Thanks for asking. It works in that God made a spiritual -- not a physical creation. I like to point out that Jesus blew in the disciples faces, John 20:22. How is this different? In Polynesian cultures, a father blows in the face of an infant to show the world, that infant is his.
I was referring to Jayhawker, but it would make a difference to a nonbeliever too, because this means Adam was not the first human, which means the Bible does not conflict with science.
From Book 3 of The Christian MythBuster Series ....
This Holy Breath [NOT OXYGEN] of God is the same as the one that is implanted by the Church like a seed in Christians. During their baptism, which, if person’s free will permits, will sprout holiness and bring forth the fruits of the Holy...
Gen 2:7-8 And Jehovah God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breaths into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature. 8And Jehovah God plants a garden in Eden, at the east, and He sets there the man whom He hath formed;
So, in Gen 2:7 it says man became… So what...
Pegg you are right, it is metaphoric. You uncovered much with the above statements you made. One way to prove it's metaphoric is to look at a few key words, like the word "elements" Peter uses.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away...
Pegg you are right, it is metaphoric. You uncovered much with the above statements you made. One way to prove it's metaphoric is to look at a few key words, like the word "elements" Peter uses.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away...