Genesis 2:6-8

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⁶but a ^[a]mist (fog, dew, vapor) used to rise from the land and water the entire surface of the ground— ⁷then the Lord God ^[b]formed [that is, created the body of] man from the ^[c]dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].^(A) ⁸And the Lord God ^[d]planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.

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Footnotes

Genesis 2:6 Or flow of water.
Genesis 2:7 The word is “formed” (Heb yatsar), but in 1:26, 27 the action is described with the Hebrew word “created” (Heb bara).
Genesis 2:7 The essential chemical elements found in soil are also found in humans and animals. This scientific fact was not discovered until recent times, but God is displaying it here.
Genesis 2:8 This is a reference, not to the creation of plant life in general, but to the planting of specific plants in the Garden of Eden (2:8, 9).