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Originally Posted by jojo50
there are lots of maybe's in satan's world, but concerning God's truth, there are NO maybe. the purpose for creating "SOULS", or humans ,(Gen. 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul). simply, because Jehovah God wanted us. he wanted humans ,(not need), to love and Honor him. this was why he created them to live on a Beautiful Earth, as perfect, Happy people. sadly satan, didn't want that to happen.
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Nice points Jo Jo.
In Genesis 2:7 most Bibles translate that verse as written in the King James as:
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
but the NIV translation reads:
"Then the Lord God formed a man[a] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
The Jews did not believe in a soul during the period of the Pentateuch. The expression in question is in Hebrew:
חַיָּֽה׃ לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ literally translated as "living" and "a being".
Why do some older Bibles translate this expression as "soul" - blame it on the Septuagint.