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# took some soil

God made man from the dust, or dry soil from the ground. This word should probably be different from the general word used for earth.

# formed it

This word expresses that God personally fashioned the man in the same way that a person shapes something with his hands. Make sure that a different word from ‘create’ is used. Note that this is very different from how he created everything else through a simple spoken command.

# a man

Only the man was made at this time; the woman was made later by a different method.

# breathed life

This phrase expresses God’s very personal, intimate action as he transferred life from himself into Adam’s body, comparing this to how a human being breathes out air.

# life

In this event, God breathed both physical and spiritual life into the man.

# Adam

Adam’s name is the same as the Old Testament word for ‘man,’ and similar to the word for **soil**, the substance from which he was formed.

# a large garden

An area of land planted with trees and plants for a purpose–usually to produce food or to provide beauty.

# to care for it

To maintain the garden by preparing soil, planting, tending, and harvesting.