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2 Esdras 3:5

And a bodie vnto Adam, without soule, who was also the workmanship of thine hands, and hast breathed in him the breth of life, so that he liued before thee,

Parallel Translations

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And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
and it gave you Adam, a body without a soul? Yet it was the workmanship of your hands, and you breathed into him the breath of life, and he was made alive in your presence.
World English Bible