Mortal: “Subject to death.”—Webster.
9. What is God's nature?
“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Tim. 1:17.
Immortal: “Exempt from liability to die.”—Webster.
10. Of what was man formed in the beginning?
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground.” Gen. 2:7, first part.
11. What act made him a living soul?
“And [God] breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Same verse, last part.
Notes.—The living soul was not put into the man; but the breath of life which was put into man, made him—the man, made of the earth—a living soul, or creature.
The original for “living soul” in this text is nephesh chaiyah. On the use of this expression in Gen. 1:24, translated “living creature,” Dr. Adam Clarke says: “A general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the half-reasoning elephant down to the stupid potto, or lower still, to the polyp, which seems equally to share the vegetable and animal life.”