previous cases of 'And' for emphasis.² 
     God had not caused it to rain upon this re-established earth yet. The seed and the plant shoots were already there in the earth from Gen.1:1 when He first created it. The earth was totally overflowed with water, destroying that first earth age, the waters then separated to make the dry land appear (re-appear), and now rain was needed to make everything grow again. You'll find in Isaiah 65:17 that when God destroys the earth age we are now in, setting up His eternity, the word 'new heavens' and 'new earth' is from the root word 'chadash' in Hebrew, meaning 'to rebuild' (Strong's 2318). So likewise was the destruction of the first earth age. The earth itself was never destroyed, but cleansed of Satan's destruction only.

 

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.

     This word 'man' here in the Hebrew manuscripts is 'eth' Ha' adham'.³ you thus have the article, eth’ and the particle Ha’. This means a 'specific' man, not mankind in general.

 

The particle compounds more emphasis on top of that idea, so God wanted us to know that He had a particular reason for 'forming' this 'eth' Ha' adham' separate from those 'created' in Gen.1:26. It has nothing to do with whether one race of people were made better than others, for God said in Gen.1:31 that 'it was very good' as He loves all His children and wants them 'all' to return unto Him, not following Satan. This is not a discriminatory teaching. Our Father put this 'eth' Ha' adham' in His Paradise for a special reason;

 

It would be the bloodline that Jesus Christ would come from.

 

Let's continue…

 

Gen 2:8    And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.

      The word 'man' in this verse is again, 'eth' Ha' adham' in the Hebrew manuscripts. This 'particular man Adam' would be the seed line generation that Christ would come from, as we are given this knowledge even by Paul in;

 

 I Cor.15:45.  And so it is written, “The first man Adam was made a living soul;”the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1Cor.  15:47. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from Heaven.

 

That Jesus Christ is there called, the 'last Adam', meaning the 'mission' and reason for this 'eth' Ha' adham' bloodline was fulfilled when Christ died on the cross, as Saviour for our salvation (There's a lot of spiritual 'meat' in this message, take some time with it and chew well.
       This word 'Eden' is derived from 'adan' in the Hebrew meaning 'to be pleasant, to live voluptuously' (Strong's 5727). The Septuagint Old Testament Greek, which is older than the King James of 1611, uses the word 'paradise' for Eden.⁴ In this Chapter 2 of Genesis, you'll find that God also dwelt there in this 'Eden' or 'paradise' on earth, with this 'eth' Ha' adham', and also with 'The Tree of Life' (Jesus Christ, The Bread of Life), as well as 'the tree of knowledge of good and evil' (Satan). The existence of God on earth should not be a shock, because He has told us in His Word that He will dwell on earth with man (again), in the eternity which is the third and last earth age.

 

 See the last nine Chapters of Ezekiel, 37 – 48 (Dry Bones, and the Two sticks) 40