Genesis 2:21

And LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And [God] took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

In Context

20And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field, but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

22And the rib, which LORD God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:19-21

Adam's Dominion. ( b. c. 4004.) 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet… Read the whole commentary →

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