Genesis 2:4-7
The Lord God personally forms man and gives Him life, establishing humanity's identity as both dependent and uniquely animated by God.
4 This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
The LORD God personally forms man and gives him life, establishing humanity's identity as both dependent and uniquely animated by God.
To introduce the focused account of humanity within creation and to show that the LORD God personally forms man from the ground and gives him life by His breath.
The LORD God Forms Man, Establishes Covenant Order, and Institutes Marriage
The LORD God forms humanity for covenantal life under His word, places man in sacred stewardship, provides woman as his fitting companion, and establishes marriage as part of His good created order.