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Genesis 2:4-7

The Creation of Man and Woman

These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

When no bush of the field [1] was yet in the land [2] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,and a mist [3] was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground—then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Footnotes

[1] Or open country
[2] Or earth; also verse 6
[3] Or spring

TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Environmentalism"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Genesis 2:4-7, 15) -- "God's Work in God's Way in God's World"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Economic Systems
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Adultery & Fornication
(Malachi 2:13-16) -- "Divorce: A Blueprint for Disaster"
Biblical Reference / Family / Divorce
(Mark 10:11-12) -- "Biblical Compassion on the Matter of Divorce and Remarriage"
Biblical Reference / Family / Divorce
(Matthew 19:3-6) -- "Did Jesus Talk about Homosexuality?"
Biblical Reference / Family / Homosexuality & Transgenderism
(Genesis 1:28; 2:19a, 20b-25) -- "Ish and Ishshah"
Biblical Reference / Family / Marriage & Family
(Genesis 2:18, 24) -- "Just Married?"
Biblical Reference / Family / Marriage & Family
(Genesis 1:26; 2:8, 15) -- "Environmentalism Done Right"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Genesis 2:19-20) -- "What’s in a Name?"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Genesis 9:5-7) -- "Executing Justice"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Genesis 30:1-2) -- "The Pain of Infertility"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
(Malachi 2:15a) -- "Godly Marriages Seek Godly Offspring"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
(Genesis 3:5-6) -- "Wasted Opportunity or Wise Obedience?"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
(Psalm 139:13-16) -- "Embryonic Stem Cells: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
(1 Corinthians 15:26) -- "Loving the Enemy"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Euthanasia & Suicide
(Genesis 9:5-7) -- "Executing Justice"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Justice
(Jeremiah 18:1-10) -- "The Requirement of Repentance"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Repentance
(Genesis 2:4-7; 15) -- "God's Work in God's Way in God's World"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Work Ethic
(Genesis 2:15; 3:17-19) -- "Toil and Trouble"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Work Ethic
(Exodus 20:8-11) -- "Thou Shalt Not Slack"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Work Ethic
"Letter to the Bishop" -- Robert A. J. Gagnon (1958 - )
Quotations & Writings / Church / The Church in Decline
"Letter to the Bishop" -- Robert A. J. Gagnon (1958 - )
Quotations & Writings / Family / Homosexuality & Transgenderism
"Wives: Who's Counting?" -- Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687)
Quotations & Writings / Family / Marriage & Family
"Responsible Stewardship" -- John Calvin (1509 – 1564)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Environmentalism
"'The Gift of the Land'" -- Wendell Berry (1934 – )
Quotations & Writings / Government / Environmentalism
"'To Express Our Abhorrence'" -- Southern Baptist Convention (2001)
Quotations & Writings / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
"Sent to Hell for Idleness" -- Thomas Watson (c. 1620 - 1686)
Quotations & Writings / Virtue / Work Ethic
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"I Can So I Will"
Current Trends / Family / Adultery & Fornication
"'What's Mine Is Mine': The Age of the Prenuptial Agreement"
Current Trends / Family / Divorce
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Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
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Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
"Christians Are Positive about Sex"
Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
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Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
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Current Trends / Government / Church & State
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