Children come from the joining of a living man and woman so in the same way as Eve, there is no special breathing of life into them, either. After Eve, like begat like-complete human beings, whose essence is both body and soul, beget complete human beings. It makes sense that there would be no breathing of life into her because she was made from living material. After him, Eve was taken out of already-living Adam-made from his rib, not non-living dust. God gave him life in a special way to start everything off. Adam was unique, the first living human being. In fact, there is no mention of God ever “breathing the breath of life” into any other human being-not even Eve, though she was also directly created by God. How God created the first human being is not related to how human beings are created today, so it doesn’t make sense to draw conclusions from how God gave life to the first man (by His “breath,” not Adam’s) that apply to every single human being who was subsequently born in the normal way. (Note, here, that according to 2 Timothy 3:16, Scripture is also “breathed out by God.” God “breathing” something out is not about God’s literal breath but about the giving of something from God to us.) There is nothing in here about Adam breathing-though, of course, we can assume Adam began to breathe after being given life since that’s the way adults normally function. This passage is about God giving life to His creation. The point is that God gave life to Adam by breathing life into him. Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being.Īdam breathing isn’t what gave him life. The first thing to note when responding to those who hold this view is that Genesis 2:7 isn’t about Adam’s breath. Does the fact that unborn children don’t breathe air mean they aren’t yet live human beings? Does the Bible teach this in Genesis 2:7 when it talks about the “breath of life” in the account of the creation of Adam, as some claim? There are those who say human life begins when we take our first breath.
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