Which is an opinion contrary to the generations that Gen 2 describes, not to mention contrary to simple logic.
Did you really just say ‘a man
... is not a man’?
I (and logic) would say a man
with no handkerchief is a man. Sure, this particular man has no handkerchief. But he’s a man, nonetheless.
I would say a man with no soul is a man. Sure, this man has no soul. But he’s a man, nonetheless.
I would say a man with no living soul is a man. Sure, this man has no living soul. But he’s a man, nonetheless.
That which God blew into the man’s nostrils after the man was formed but before he became a living soul. And notice how the Text indeed says the “man” was formed first then came the breath (he “became” a living soul, which contradicts your opinion).
These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven — before any plant of the field was on earth, and before any plant of the field had sprung up, because Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no human being to cultivate the ground, but a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground— when Yahweh God formed the man of dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:4-8 -
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Genesis 2:4-8&version=LEB
Can you explain why the Text refers to the man’s nostrils (his nostrils) before he became a living soul, on your view?
There’s an explicit progression (generations) depicting ordered- in-time creation to Gen 2:
These are the generations of heaven and earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven:
For example — before any plant of the field was on earth, and before any plant of the field had sprung up, a stream would rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground— [Water came before plants]
Then God formed the man of dust from the ground, [dust came before man]
Then God blew into his nostrils (into the Man’s nostrils) the breath of life. [Which contradicts your opinion, below
, Man came before the breath, obviously]
Then the man became a living soul.
[man came before he became a “living soul”]
Then God planted a garden in Eden in the east, [the East came before Eden]
Then he put the man whom he had formed in the garden. [the garden came before God put the man there]
Simple logic and the Text precludes your opinion
That’s what the word “became” means. It was man who became a living soul, not a soul who became a man, per the Text.
No, I was not a living soul before Jerimaiah became one. That’s the point.
