The Dust
H. Bonar. Genesis 2:7 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. 1. The emblem of frailty (Psalm 109:14). 2. The emblem of nothingness (Genesis 18:27). 3. The emblem of defilement (Isaiah 52:2). 4. The emblem of humiliation (Lamentations 3:29; Job 42:6). 5. The emblem of mourning (Joshua 7:6). 6. The emblem of mortality (Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 12:7). (H. Bonar.) Parallel Verses 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. WEB: Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.